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NHS Highland fined over death of pensioner who fell from hospital bed

A Scottish NHS board has been fined £180,000 over the death of a 78-year-old man who fell from his hospital bed three times. NHS Highland was fined on Tuesday after admitting a breach of health and safety regulations at Inverness Sheriff Court on ...

14 Feb 2023 at 15:47

Scotland

Full consultant-led maternity care to return to Moray in 2026

Full consultant-led maternity services will return to Dr Gray’s Hospital in Elgin in 2026, the Scottish Government has announced. Staffing shortages forced the services to be withdrawn in 2018, with ministers and the health board coming under ...

03 Mar 2023 at 16:55

Scotland

Rollout of scheme to make NHS operating rooms ‘greener’ hailed

The NHS in Scotland is rolling out a project that aims to cut the environmental emissions linked with surgery – while still ensuring patient safety. Scottish Government minister Maree Todd hailed the changes being made under the Green ...

26 May 2023 at 13:15

Scotland

Swinney speaks of ‘deep concern’ over Skye emergency care

First Minister John Swinney has spoken of his “deep concern” over the availability of emergency care on Skye after a woman feared she could die. Eilidh Beaton’s airway closed when she suffered an allergic reaction at a pub in Portree ...

16 May 2024 at 13:35

Scotland

Scotland’s prisoners served better food than hospital patients – Tories

Prisoners are being fed better than patients at some Scottish hospitals, a Tory politician has claimed. Costings released to the Scottish Conservatives show prisoners at the Lilias Centre in Glasgow are served meals valued at £5.30 ...

02 Jan 2025 at 00:01

Scotland

Nurse becomes first cervix procedure specialist in NHS Highland

A staff nurse at a hospital in the Highlands has become the first colposcopist for the NHS health board area. Deborah Cavell works in the gynaecology outpatient department at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness. After working to ...

02 Nov 2022 at 12:35

Scotland

Patient has endured eight-year wait for psychological therapy, figures show

A patient has waited more than eight years for mental health therapy – while others from 10 Scottish health boards have not started treatment in more than a year, data shows. Figures released by the Scottish Liberal ...

26 Dec 2023 at 00:01

Scotland

Lib Dems demand action to fill ‘gaping holes’ in mental health staffing

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have called for action after new figures revealed 14.5% of consultant psychiatrist positions in Scotland are vacant. Released through freedom of information requests from the party, ...

06 Aug 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

More than 51,000 violent incidents recorded against NHS staff since 2019

The Scottish Government has been urged to do more to protect NHS staff after figures revealed more than 51,000 attacks against workers have been recorded since 2019. A series of freedom of information requests ...

18 Mar 2025 at 00:01

Scotland

£2.6m to deliver thousands more operations at national treatment centre – Gray

The Scottish Government has announced £2.6 million in funding to deliver thousands of extra procedures in the Highlands. The investment will be used to provide additional orthopaedic and ophthalmic operations ...

10 Apr 2025 at 15:02

Scotland

New ‘lifesaving’ helipad opens on island

A “lifesaving” helipad has opened next to an island hospital following a charity donation. The new helipad adjacent to the Mull and Iona Community Hospital means that patients will no longer have to be taken ...

19 Mar 2024 at 16:58

Scotland

Health board warned over data breach involving likely HIV service users

NHS Highland has been reprimanded after a data breach which showed the personal email addresses of people likely accessing HIV services to others. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued the ...

30 Mar 2023 at 00:01

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