Health

The waiting room at Raigmore Hospital’s emergency department has been re-opened after this morning's temporary closure after a flooding issue.

TRAVELLERS heading from the Highlands to tropical climes need to be aware of the malaria risk that awaits them, leading physicians have warned.

NURSES working in NHS Highland have until the end of this month to apply for a Shortened Midwifery Programme at the UHI.

WORK to create two overspill car parks at Raigmore Hospital is under way as NHS chiefs try to fix the Inverness site's notorious parking woes.

HIGHLANDERS have been urged to check on older neighbours, family and friends who may be more at risk of health problems as the temperature soars.

A MAJOR new initiative has sparked hopes that some surgical staff shortages in parts of the Highlands might be plugged.

Balfour Beatty has been awarded a £40 million contract to deliver two community hospitals in Scotland including the new facility in Aviemore

A DAMNING report into the benefits system for terminally ill people contains a demand for changes to the existing “outdated” and “arbitrary” system.

TEEN pregnancies in Scotland are at the lowest level since 1994, according to new statistics.

FANS of the outdoors with dementia will still be able to walk in the Cairngorms National Park after a group was handed 'Dementia Friendly' status.

NHS Highland is holding a turf-cutting ceremony tomorrow to mark the start of construction of a new £15m hospital in Aviemore

Work on building the new Badenoch and Strathspey Community Hospital should be completed in early 2021.

Work will start on the new Badenoch and Strathspey Community Hospital this summer after the final hurdle was safely negotiated.

Patients are being urged to try out the NHS Near Me video consulting system from their own homes.

NHS Highland and Grantown Medical Practice have met the town’s community council to discuss plans for the refurbishment of Grantown Health Centre.

TWO ambulance crew members had to be drafted in from more than 150 miles away to cover staff shortages at Aviemore ambulance station, it has emerged.

Highland MPs have come out in support of a campaign by disability equality charity Scope showing the cost of living for the disabled is often higher.

There were celebrations in Strathspey at the news that one of its own was in line for a major global award for her work as a mindset mentor.