Health

Leading Highland charities have joined forces in a bid to enhance disability services in the region.

Members of the Inverness BID team rolled up their sleeves to donate blood as part of our Give Blood, Save Lives campaign.

If you want to give blood that’s great - but did you know that there are different kinds of donation you can make?

Thurso beach had a colourful display of flags and temporary art at a special event to bring the community together and address mental health issues.

But despite being ordered to make a number of improvements - including on infection outbreak reporting - the inspectors also reported many strengths.

Local authorities such as Highland Council are being called upon to review ASL provision processes.

“Healthcare is a Human Right”, a 90-minute online event organised by three campaign groups.

Moving Raigmore Hospital’s mailroom to the Longman is “hard to justify” and “robust steps must be taken” to prevent impacts on tests, an MSP has said.

Trading standards have seized a significant quantity of illicit tobacco products from a retailer in the Highlands, the local authority has announced.

Far North MP Jamie Stone and Highland MSP Ariane Burgess issued statements after Ofgem confirmed an energy price cap rise from April.

‘Shambolic’ Raigmore Hospital staff shortages left a man traumatised after waiting two months for urgent surgery to tackle a life-and-death condition.

It wasn’t until his dad contracted leukemia that Neil Urquhart began donating blood regularly.

NHS Highland shared that there has been “potential risk of contamination” to the hot water supply in the tower block of Raigmore Hospital.

“If I had the chance to speak to the people who gave up half an hour of their time to help me, I’d love to thank them for saving my life.”

Holyrood Notebook by Maree Todd

Leisure charity High Life Highland has launched an appeal for more willing volunteers to enhance its disability sport offering.

Football-daft Brian Mackay believes the game can evolve without heading.

Football-daft Brian Mackay believes the game can evolve without heading.

A motorcyclist was rushed to hospital after an accident on the Camster road at a danger area highlighted in the Caithness Courier a year ago.

When we look at illness across the population, we find that there are patterns where some people tend to have poorer health than others.