Health

NHS Highland urges parents and carers to ensure their child is protected against flu this winter and said it is as easy as a wee scoosh up the nose.

The number of people in the Highlands who died due to drug misuse last year has shown a marked decrease.

Physical activity is important at all ages but there are times when we can pay particular attention to the need to keep active, says our columnist.

Hundreds of parents in the Highlands are calling for change in how neurodevelopmental conditions are assessed, with 1700 children yet to be assessed.

Suicide rates in the Highlands remain “significantly higher” than the Scottish average but are comparable to last year, new figures reveal.

The success of the new Highland National Treatment Centre is “heartening”, a local MSP has said after figures revealed it had “exceeded expectations”.

NHS Highland is forecast to overspend by £50 million in the latest projections discussed on Tuesday.

Problems include a ‘no documentation or scrutiny of the whole discharge planning’ process and a lack of review leading to ‘significant cost impacts’.

New air ambulances with better ranges and performance are being promised after the latest contract to provide the vital service was awarded.

New boss is excited to relocate to strath and bring her passion for care to Lynemore

It is believed the man was carrying out duties in Inverness under a false name.

Scottish Labour says ‘This is what privatisation looks like – those who can, pay for a private dentist; those who can’t, suffer’

In the first adjournment debate of new the parliament, he said: ‘17 years of centralisation has wreaked havoc on my part of the world’.

Deputy First Minster Kate Forbes has spoken about her experience with postnatal depression on the new series of the podcast, Speaking of Suicide.

He says he has heard ‘horror stories’ but ‘there is not the wit or willpower in the Scottish Government’.

A national mental health charity is expanding its reach to cover new areas including West Sutherland, Badenoch and Strathspey.

The number has risen sharply in five years and mental health advocates think this is driven by better support and efforts to destigmatise.

A Highland charity is looking to spread the love after announcing plans for an art trail featuring dozens of giant heart-shaped sculptures.

Appointments at New Craigs were cancelled whereas RAAC found at Raigmore not ‘in critical condition’

Highland Council will work with UHI Inverness and Highland Hospice to improve their bid for funding for a project to enable end-of-life conversations.