Health

Forty-one cases of Covid-19 were detected in the Caithness South area in the latest seven-day period recorded by Public Health Scotland.

A pioneering centre for young people with learning disabilities and complex needs is set to make a massive difference for Highland families.

A Caithness GP has emphasised that getting a booster jab is "vital" in the fight against the Omicron variant of Covid-19.

Ariane Burgess urges the UK Government to re-introduce the furlough scheme to help in the fight against the Omicron variant while protecting jobs

Nicola Sturgeon has called for mixing among households to be kept to a minimum in the run-up to Christmas and immediately afterwards.

Caithness hotels are counting the cost of cancellations following advice from Public Health Scotland that Christmas parties should be postponed.

Forty-one new cases of Covid-19 were detected in the Caithness South area in the latest seven-day period recorded by Public Health Scotland.

Proposals to provide almost £3m to help households in fuel poverty in Caithness this winter were approved by council members on Friday.

Two local mental health groups in Caithness are to merge next month to help strengthen partnerships and improve service.

A set of new hospital trolleys have been donated to a Caithness healthcare setting thanks to money raised by a local support group.

An MSP has urged the Scottish Government to think twice about centralising more maternity services, with the situation in Caithness "far from ideal".

Liberal Democrat MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross today received his booster vaccine.

The public health agency says deferring Christmas parties will cut down on transmission of coronavirus.

Ward 5a at Raigmore Hospital remains closed to new admissions and visiting following the detection of a very small number of cases of Covid-19.

Ward 5a at Raigmore hospital is closed to new admissions and visiting following the detection of a small number of cases of Covid-19.

A Wick man said he felt there was no choice but to 'abandon' his elderly father at the local hospital after failing to get proper medical treatment.

The chairman of NHS Highland, Professor Boyd Robertson, has welcomed a "significant milestone" for the redesign of health services in Caithness.

A survey billed as the first of its kind is looking to gather experiences of mental health stigma and discrimination.

Caithness General Hospital's Bignold Wing has reopened after being closed to new admissions and visiting for about two weeks because of Covid-19.

Volunteers from Wick Paths Group (WPG) have completed the upgrade of a popular path from the town boundary up to Newton Hill.