HEALTH

Shoulder and knee fracture hospital fall sparks NHS Highland apology

Health chiefs have been ordered to apologise after a patient broke their shoulder and knee after falling in a Highland hospital.

Study claims Highland food hygiene is worst in Scotland

It is an area renowned for the excellence of its local produce, whether mouth-watering seafood or Highland beef, fine cheeses, oatcakes or ice cream.

Four years since NHS Highland hit A&E waiting time target leaving almost 60,000 suffering delays

Scottish Government’s four-hour target for patients admitted, transferred or discharged missed.

Exclusive: Top New Craigs mental health professionals speak for the first time about losing a patient

Dr Neil McNamara says ‘there will be a sadness there, a sorrow’ and a ‘terrible sense of guilt’.

Dolphin-spotting paradise ‘should be accessible to all every day’

‘We hope Chanonry Point will someday be accessible to everyone on a daily basis and not just once a year.’

Scottish Government accused of ‘conscious’ decision to ‘strip out specialist care in the Highlands’

MSP Edward Mountain slams the loss of vascular service as ‘fundamentally dangerous and inadequate’.

‘I feel like the luckiest man on earth’

Invernessian Duncan MacAulay explains what is it like to get a second chance at life after a heart transplant.

‘Looking forward to playing my part’: new NHS director keen to work with communities

NHS Highland’s new director of public health has spoken about the importance of working together.

What's next for Ward 4?

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‘Be someone’s hero and donate your organs. It will change their life forever’

Mum-of-three is a prisoner in her own bedroom for over 15 hours a week hooked up to a dialysis machine while she waits for a kidney donor.

Highland old folks’ charity in crisis after savage £48k NHS budget cut – ahead of its 30th birthday

A crucial campaigning body for elderly Highlanders is facing a threat to its existence after NHS Highland axed most of its funding.

Health charity now studying Badenoch and Strathspey’s ideas for St Vincent’s bequest cash

Public calling for community links on mental health, the young, in-patient facilities using Burall endowment

EXCLUSIVE: 'Get me out of here' - 89 year old woman's plea after six months of delayed discharge

Hear the thoughts from their family

Warning of blue-green algae growth at Loch Garten

Grantown vets offer advice after confirmation from public health officials

‘It’s about giving someone else life when you can’t live any more’

“Every day when I wake up, my daily mantra is to thank my donor and his family,” Angela Wilson says.

‘She makes a friend of everybody’ - The Highland walking group that is making a real difference for visually impaired people

John Davidson joined a visually impaired walking group in the Highlands and learned that the support they offer is invaluable to its members

Aviemore staging special ‘living with sight loss’ help tomorrow

Sight charity will have advice for all at Cairngorm Hotel

HEALTH

Shoulder and knee fracture hospital fall sparks NHS Highland apology

Study claims Highland food hygiene is worst in Scotland

Study claims Highland food hygiene is worst in Scotland

Four years since NHS Highland hit A&E waiting time target leaving almost 60,000 suffering delays

Four years since NHS Highland hit A&E waiting time target leaving almost 60,000 suffering delays

Exclusive: Top New Craigs mental health professionals speak for the first time about losing a patient

Exclusive: Top New Craigs mental health professionals speak for the first time about losing a patient

Dolphin-spotting paradise ‘should be accessible to all every day’

Dolphin-spotting paradise ‘should be accessible to all every day’

Scottish Government accused of ‘conscious’ decision to ‘strip out specialist care in the Highlands’

Scottish Government accused of ‘conscious’ decision to ‘strip out specialist care in the Highlands’

‘I feel like the luckiest man on earth’

‘I feel like the luckiest man on earth’

‘Looking forward to playing my part’: new NHS director keen to work with communities

‘Looking forward to playing my part’: new NHS director keen to work with communities

What's next for Ward 4?

What's next for Ward 4?

‘Be someone’s hero and donate your organs. It will change their life forever’

‘Be someone’s hero and donate your organs. It will change their life forever’

Highland old folks’ charity in crisis after savage £48k NHS budget cut – ahead of its 30th birthday

Highland old folks’ charity in crisis after savage £48k NHS budget cut – ahead of its 30th birthday

Health charity now studying Badenoch and Strathspey’s ideas for St Vincent’s bequest cash

Health charity now studying Badenoch and Strathspey’s ideas for St Vincent’s bequest cash

EXCLUSIVE: 'Get me out of here' - 89 year old woman's plea after six months of delayed discharge

EXCLUSIVE: 'Get me out of here' - 89 year old woman's plea after six months of delayed discharge

Warning of blue-green algae growth at Loch Garten

Warning of blue-green algae growth at Loch Garten

‘It’s about giving someone else life when you can’t live any more’

‘It’s about giving someone else life when you can’t live any more’

‘She makes a friend of everybody’ - The Highland walking group that is making a real difference for visually impaired people

‘She makes a friend of everybody’ - The Highland walking group that is making a real difference for visually impaired people

Aviemore staging special ‘living with sight loss’ help tomorrow

Aviemore staging special ‘living with sight loss’ help tomorrow

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