Health

STRETCHED Highland health staff are facing "unprecedented levels of demand" with a surge in Covid-19 cases and an increase in hospital admissions.

MSP Emma Roddick says 'We have to do better – and that starts with an awareness'

Dr Tim Allison says respect has practical implications when it comes to tacling Covid-19.

A mother has again appealed for people to give blood and sign up as bone marrow donors after it emerged two of her daughters have a rare condition.

MORE than 150 new positive tests for the coronavirus were registered across NHS Highland in the past 24 hours – the region's biggest single day total.

VANDALS who damaged a life-saving defibrillator unit's casing in Dingwall are being hunted by police.

ANOTHER 140 people have tested positive for Covid-19 across the NHS Highland area.

NHS Highland and Highland Council are beginning a consultation on self-directed support (SDS) for social care to ensure services meet requirements.

The award celebrates individuals who have demonstrated effective management or leadership in the delivery of quality care at home or housing support.

A FURTHER 144 cases of Covid-19 have been detected across the NHS Highland area.

NHS Highland has warned an increase in staff needing to self-isolate because of positive Covid-19 contacts is putting extreme pressures on services.

A HIGHLAND MSP has tested positive for Covid-19, she has confirmed.

ANOTHER 84 people have tested positive for Covid-19 across the NHS Highland area, Public Health Scotland has revealed.

Mikeysline has launched a new mental health support service for young people in the Highlands.

Rapid Covid-19 community testing will be available in Inverness, Tain and Dornoch this week.

NHS Highland has posted its biggest single day increase in Covid cases since New Year’s Day.

A Highland scientist who has helped myth-bust during the Covid crisis is to follow in the footsteps of the 1901 Discovery Expedition to the Antarctic.

MORE than 100 cases of Covid-19 were detected across the NHS Highland health board area in the past 24 hours.

People who have been socialising in the last week are being asked to consider ordering a pack of rapid Covid-19 test kits.

ANOTHER 82 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed across the NHS Highland health board area.