NHS tackling suicide trend in Highlands
A multi-agency plan to tackle Highland’s worrying suicide trend was approved yesterday by Highland NHS board.
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Longest recorded cancer wait is in the Highlands
A suspected cancer sufferer in the Highlands has been waiting 289 days for treatment – the longest delay in Scotland.
Inverness care home slammed over basic care standards
Health chiefs have halted admissions to a city care home condemned by inspectors who have found serious failings – including staff requiring training in how to give patients sufficient food and fluids.
Caithness residents urged to have their say over healthcare redesign
Caithness residents are being encouraged to have their say on the impending redesign of health and social care services in the region.
NHS Highland accused of attempting to scrap up to 10 beds at Skye Hospital – and send patients into private care
NHS Highland was last night accused of attempting to scrap up to 10 beds at an island hospital and send patients into private care - or to another hospital 26 miles away.
Four doctor posts worth around £100,000-a-year advertised for Fort William hospital
NHS Highland has advertised four top doctor posts - each worth around £100,000-a-year – for the Belford Hospital in Fort William.
NHS Highland accused of ‘bullying’ man into care home
NHS Highland social workers removed round the clock care for Dingwall man Ron Fraser despite the health board’s own assessment that 24-hour assistance is needed, it has emerged.
Anger as paralysed Highland man left clinically depressed after losing his NHS 24-hour care package
A paralysed man has been left clinically depressed after his 24-hour care package was suddenly removed- leaving him “in pain, degradation and misery”.
More patients in Outer Hebrides given consultations by video link to cut down on trips to mainland
More patients in the Outer Hebrides are being given consultations by video link to cut down on trips to the mainland.
Work on new £34million surgical hospital in Inverness to start next year
Work on a new £34 million surgical hospital in Inverness will get under way next year – and a nationwide plan to tackle long health waiting times will be published this month.
Health boards are struggling to attract nurses despite golden hellos
Health boards in the north and north-east are still struggling to attract nurses despite offering generous packages.
Raigmore helipad to get £600,000 upgrade through two charitable donations
The helipad at Raigmore Hospital is to get a major upgrade at a cost of just under £600,000, paid for through two charitable donations.
NHS Grampian has had Scotland’s worst waiting times for 15 months in a row
NHS Grampian has been the worst performing health board in Scotland against a key waiting-time target for 15 consecutive months.
NHS Highland staff finally receive wages
NHS Highland staff breathed a collective sigh of relief yesterday as they received their wages after a banking error left almost 10,000 workers out of pocket.
Around 10,000 NHS Highland workers left unpaid after banking error
Health chiefs are investigating after almost all of their 10,000-strong workforce were not paid their salary as expected yesterday.
Highland patients have to wait twice as long for treatments as they did three years ago
Patients in the Highlands are having to wait up to twice as long for treatments as they did three years ago, shock new figures have revealed.
NHS refuse to budge over maternity downgrading in Caithness
Expectant mums and campaigners are piling renewed pressure on health bosses to review Caithness’s controversial maternity policy.
Fatalities at hospital in Fort William outstrip prediction
More people died at Belford Hospital in Fort William at the start of the year than health chiefs expected, new figures have revealed.
NHS Highland joins campaign to stop adults buying tobacco for under-18s
NHS Highland has signed up to a campaign to tackle buying tobacco or cigarettes for under-18s.
NHS Highland calling on Caithness residents to have a hand in public consultations
NHS Highlands is calling on Caithness residents to give their views on the future of health provision in the far north.
Local MSP joins community’s fight to ensure Strontian care home remains open
Community leaders on a remote north peninsula are poised to appoint a project worker to aid in their fight to ensure a vital health service in the area remains.
NHS Highland approves funding for much-needed Fort William hospital consultants
NHS Highland has approved funding for four desperately needed permanent consultant posts at Belford Hospital in Fort William.
New £34m health science centre designs unveiled
Revised plans for a major new healthcare and life sciences centre at Inverness Campus - expected to create nearly 200 jobs - will be unveiled to the public today.
Plans lodged for new £15m community hospital and health centre in Highlands
Plans for a new £15 million community hospital and health centre in the Highlands - aiming to transform health services for patients in Badenoch and Strathspey - have been unveiled.
Oban’s drug problem highlighted by bags of dirty needles dumped on construction site
A former drug worker has said Oban needs to wake up to its drug problem after bags of dirty needles were dumped on a construction site.
Ministers urged to act on ‘scandalous’ bed-blocking increase
Campaigners have urged the Scottish Government to act on bed blocking after figures revealed it has risen by 10% in a year.
New initiative aims to boost Highlands dementia care
Dementia sufferers and their families could soon be better off with the introduction of an “innovative” new initiative that was developed at the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI).
Inverness Prison prepares for smoking ban across all buildings and grounds
HMP Inverness is joining other prisons across Scotland in banning smoking in all buildings and grounds from November.
Four-week trial of one-stop shop supporting the elderly in Skye to be rolled out
A one-stop shop to support the frail and elderly in the north of Skye could be rolled-out across the island.
Radiologist shortage may force patients to Grampian and Tayside
Patients needing emergency radiology treatment in the Highlands may have to travel to Tayside or Grampian after the region’s full-time specialist consultants leave next month.
Campaign groups from Moray and Caithness team up to fight maternity unit cuts
Campaign groups fighting the controversial downgrading of maternity units in both Caithness and Moray have revealed they are to join forces to fight the “centralisation” of services.
Scottish Government insists it has ‘absolutely no plans’ to merge NHS boards
The Scottish Government has again been forced to deny that it is plotting to merge health boards covering Grampian, Tayside and the Highlands and islands.