Health

A VOLUNTEER-RUN service delivering urgent samples and medical supplies for NHS Highland is expected to be launched in weeks.

Renal patients at NHS Highland are to benefit from newly trained staff members.

NEW bike racks will help encourage more people to cycle to work at High Life Highland's Dingwall office, the charity believes.

An Easter Ross family has been told a stem cell donor has been found for their daughter (3).

National developments prompted a meeting in the Highlands to be cut short.

NHS Highland has announced that chief executive Iain Stewart is leaving to take up a new post with NHS Orkney.

An information evening at Raigmore Hospital was aimed at those who were interested in becoming living donors.

STUDENT Tom Carew’s cutting edge invention has seen him win through to the second stage of a contest which could net him a £10,000 cash prize.

A COUPLE dedicated to caring for their autistic son say a specialist centre for children and young adults is desperately needed in the Highlands.

DOZENS of plucky swimmers braved the Cromarty Firth to help raise £300 for a project aiming to help children and young adults with complex needs.

A Highland-wide group has been set up to speak up on behalf of people with disability concerns.

A fomer Avoch man is one of the first in Scotland to take part in a new clinical trial for Huntington’s Disease.

MSP David Stewart believes there should be an automatic right for people to have full care at home for the last few days of their life.

An Invergordon grandma who suffers with dementia escaped her care home and was found wandering on the street

HIGHLAND care home provider Parklands Group expects a positive year following a £5 million investment which is helping fund its new Fortrose site.

A ROSS mum who gave birth to a "miracle" baby after twice beating cancer has hailed the care that led to "the greatest gift I never thought I'd have".

A support group set up by a Black Isle couple following the death of their son now has more members than ever before.

What she regards as a lack of action to help victims of bullying at NHS Highland has led one staff member to establish her own support group.

The mother of a seriously ill Black Isle lad hopes a 'life-changing care pod' can soon be erected.

LABOUR politicians donned Christmas jumpers in support of an appeal to develop a pioneering centre for young people with severe and complex needs.