Health

A SECOND ward at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness has been closed after several patients were suffering from diarrhoea and/or vomiting.

A Sutherland mother is taking part in a challenge to raise money for Reverse Rett.

Managers at Invershin Hall are running a Health and Wellbeing Festival.

Hopes are high that a Sutherland hospital ward, which has been closed for weeks, is about to re-open.

A COUPLE dedicated to caring for their autistic son say a specialist centre for children and young adults is desperately needed in the Highlands.

A North mum who gave birth to a "miracle" baby after twice beating cancer has hailed the hospital treatment she received.

A pain management clinic at the Lawson Memorial Hospital, Golspie, has been expanded and upgraded.

The parents of a Sutherland teenager who tragically died earlier this year have set up a Memorial Fund through a charity.

Jamie Stone has reiterated the Lib Dems’ “passionate commitment” to the NHS and set out the reasons why the party’s MPs abstained in a recent vote.

THE interim chairman of NHS Highland has been appointed to the role on a permanent basis, Scottish ministers have confirmed.

A new scanner at Raigmore Hospital will allow better assessment of patients’ liver health.

A trip to Russia is top of Tain woman Michele Murray’s Christmas wish list for 2020.

Ann Clark has been appointed vice chairwoman of the NHS Highland.

The search has begun for a new non-executive chairperson of NHS Highland, a role requiring a commitment of at least three days a week for £31,149.

Golspie care home Seaforth House has received another glowing report from the Care Inspectorate after an unannounced visit earlier this year.

A medical student from Portskerra is encouraging others from the Highlands to train as a physician associate (PA).

A national charity has set up a support group in an East Sutherland community to help those with a common eye condition - macular degeneration.