Health

An investigation has been launched into a Sutherland care service after an inspection highlighted “serious concerns” on its quality.

A moving memorial to a “well loved” and much missed Highland man has been installed in Inverness as a lasting tribute to him.

“Serious concerns” over the quality of care delivered by Golspie-based Sutherland Care at Home Service have been raised by the Care Inspectorate,

The Friends of the Bradbury Centre are holding a ‘A Summer Garden Tea’ on May 3.

Having reported on others’ blood donations for several months, staff from Highland News and Media rolled up their sleeves for the cause themselves.

Scottish Government is slammed for leaving ‘frontline NHS staff dangerously overstretched and more prone to making mistakes’.

April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, and NHS Highland is taking the opportunity to raise awareness of bowel screening, which aims to spot IT early.

A mum who almost died after giving birth has added her voice to calls for more people to donate blood.

A Highland man whose family has been blighted by Huntington’s disease and is now fighting it as well remains fiercely positive about the future.

Beautiful artworks have popped up at sites dotted all across the Highlands - after the Highland Hospice launched its latest sculpture trail.

Assistant chief-exec Kate Lackie says the local authority had continued to fund the service ‘without fail’ and would have continued to do so.

Inverness Shinty Club’s own team mascot dropped in to the Inverness Donor Centre to show support for our Give Blood, Save Lives campaign.

NHS Highland has named its new Director of Public Health.

The National Autistic Society Scotland says its Highland Information Service will be forced to close due to lack of funding.

The screening has been funded in memory of Hamish Ross, a Golspie High School pupil from Rogart, whodied suddenly in July 2019.

A lack of sleep and work-life balance were among the areas impacting the mental health of farmers and crofters, according to a new survey.

Have you ever wondered about what actually happens to the blood you give?

Speaking at the spring conference he believes ‘we can win’ Caithness, Sutherland and Ross.

Every Highland resident offered a Covid-19 vaccine this spring is being urged to come forward, get jagged and stay protected.

Highland News & Media editor Megan Carr has shared how a sudden thyroid cancer diagnosis changed her life forever.