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NHS Highland won’t say if vascular service changes are permanent
1+ hour, 39+ min ago (656+ words) NHS Highland has refused to say if a major upheaval and changes to vascular treatment delivery are permanent or not. Yesterday, we reported that Highland patients requiring specialist vascular care would have to travel outside the region for treatment at…...
‘It’s now in God’s hands’ says Aviemore’s paralysed Paralympic hero
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (340+ words) The voice was frail but the spirit was fierce as the strath's golden Paralympian, now paralysed from the neck down, sent his message through a vocal decoder on Tuesday night. The Strathy broke the tragic news the previous night that…...
World of experience behind two new well-being experts at Grantown care home
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (414+ words) Lynemore Care Home in Grantown has appointed two well-travelled well-being coordinators. Janet Keighley and Kirsten Joy Strugnell bring varied experience to their roles supporting residents at the facility. Kirsten moved to Scotland from South Africa in 2019 where she had worked…...
EXCLUSIVE: NHS Highland patients ‘denied timely treatment for life or limb threatening’ conditions
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1323+ words) A dire warning that a key NHS Highland service faced sudden collapse was kept from the public for years as patients were allegedly "denied timely treatment for life or limb threatening" conditions, it can be revealed. The Inverness Courier has…...
Raigmore Hospital ‘several month delay’ to maternity unit sparks calls from MSP
1+ week, 4+ day ago (359+ words) Delays to the opening of Raigmore Hospital's new birthing unit - originally planned to open in January but now facing delays of "several months' - have sparked calls from a local MSP for NHS Highland to clarify the situation. The "9 million maternity…...
PICTURED: Highland Hospice’s Catwalk for a Cause raises £122,500 over just two nights
1+ week, 6+ day ago (431+ words) For the first time the Highland Hospice fundraiser Catwalk for a Cause was held over two nights and raised an impressive "122,500. The idea behind Catwalk for a Cause is to showcase models who share their own personal experiences of life-limiting…...
CHARLIE WHELAN: Huge gaps in NHS dental service in Highlands in need of urgent filling
1+ week, 6+ day ago (611+ words) I simply can't understand how anyone who has tried to use the NHS dental practice in Grantown could ever consider voting for the SNP government who have lamentably failed to produce a proper service. The main responsibility this devolved Scottish…...
VOTE NOW for your Highland Heroes 2026 volunteer of the year!
2+ week, 54+ min ago (652+ words) Meet your Highland Heroes 2026 volunteer finalists! VOTE by midnight on Sunday, March 1. What once began as a personal diagnosis has become a powerful drive to raise awareness of breast cancer in young people in the Highlands. Amber Price, 38, originally from…...
VOTE NOW for your Highland Heroes 2026 health hero!
2+ week, 5+ hour ago (798+ words) Meet your Highland Heroes 2026 health hero finalists! VOTE for your health hero of the year by midnight on Sunday, March 1. Jon Rhoden, Raigmore Hospital Sometimes in life it is the little things that make the biggest difference. Pharmacy porter at…...
UPDATE: Part of Aviemore hotel evacuated after man becomes unwell
2+ week, 1+ day ago (271+ words) Part of the Highlands Hotel at the Macdonald Aviemore Resort had to be evacuated late morning after a man took unwell. Emergency services attended the incident at the Highlands Hotel. Two fire appliances at the scene and firefighters were spotted…...