Health

Anticipatory care planning is about conversations between you, the people closest to you, and your care team.

MORE than a quarter of all residents at a care home have passed away since a Covid-19 outbreak first hit it.

AN information leaflet is being launched by Highland Council to outline support available on Skye after the Covid-19 outbreak at Home Farm care home.

Nicola Sturgeon acknowledges "we can't live like this forever" but is encouraged by continued strong public support for lockdown.

THREE further cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the NHS Highland area since yesterday – taking the total to 331.

NEARLY a quarter of the residents at a coronavirus-hit care home have now died – after reports of an eighth fatality emerged this morning.

ROSS-SHIRE farmers are being urged to consult a farm safety checklist ahead of the sileage-making season to remain accident and injury free.

Marie Curie’s famous Blooming Great Tea Party is going virtual this year and the charity needs tea party hosts more than ever.

HIGHLAND MSP Rhoda Grant has welcomed the announcement that the Care Inspectorate has taken steps to cancel the registration of a care home.

The Home Farm care home residents may now need to be moved elsewhere

There was a steady stream of visitors to a pop-up Covid-19 testing facility which has been set up in Inverness.

PEOPLE living with multiple sclerosis (MS) isolated by the Covid-19 pandemic can seek support and assurance thanks to a new remote chatting service.

FOUR new cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus have been confirmed in the NHS Highland area since yesterday.

One Skye care home has seen almost 60 infections in residents and staff

The health board will deploy social care management, nursing leadership and direct care to the stricken care home

It has been advertised on Facebook as a 'Unified Peaceful Mass Gathering' at noon on Saturday and organised by the UK Freedom Movement.

The summit of a Highland mountain is now in sight for a 90-year-old great grandmother as she hits the halfway point in a staircase challenge.

A SEVENTH person is reported to have died in a Covid-19 outbreak at a Skye care home.

THERE were no newly-confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the NHS Highland area in the past 24 hours, official figures have shown.

Serco chief executive Rupert Soames travelled to Inverness and has been criticised by rail union.