Health

Hotel worker boosts funds of Highland Hospice where he is being cared for

A gruelling Loch Ness hike for MS research saw a man inspired by his wife go the extra mile – and then some.

MORE than 900 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in NHS Highland since the coronavirus pandemic began.

SIXTEEN further Covid-19 infections have been detected across the NHS Highland health board region, it has been confirmed.

Mobile coronavirus testing sessions are being made available for appointment at venues across the Highlands in the coming days.

A partnership between two charitable organisations is helping more people get out and about and improve their mental wellbeing.

There have been 11 additional confirmed coronavirus cases in the NHS Highland area in the past 24 hours, new figures have shown.

Councillors have been briefed by the man leading the Highland public health fight against Covid-19.

A VITAL health facility is set to reopen its doors early next month – but will have smaller capacities and higher fees to ensure it is Covid safe.

WORK on a controversial bus link through the grounds of Raigmore Hospital looks set to begin before the end of the year.

This month has seen the opening of a new cafe at the main entrance to the Highlands' biggest Raigmore Hospital.

A north man who made a Freedom of Information request about Covid-19 numbers has described NHS Highland's reply as "patronising" and "unsatisfactory".

Face coverings are now mandatory in staff canteens, and the same rule will apply from the start of next week in other communal workplace areas.

ANOTHER 14 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the NHS Highland area in the past day.

A former soldier has praised the work of a sight loss charity that has been revamped.

MORE than 600 people are now being treated in Scottish hospitals for Covid-19 ­– after another 31 were hospitalised for the virus in the past day.

A helicopter charity that depends on public donations to keep its life-saving service in the air is going online to help bridge a dip in funding.

PEOPLE are being advised to avoid non-essential travel to Blackpool and other high risk areas under new coronavirus restrictions.

NHS Highland has detected as many coronavirus cases in the past month as it did in the previous five.

ELIGIBLE people within the Dingwall area keen to take up the offer of a flu vaccination are being invited to make appointments.