Health

That has delayed crews by a total 14,544 hours last year – the equivalent of 606 days.

A Highland MSP has raised concerns over the Scottish Government downplaying the impact of chronic pain in people’s lives.

Hero firefighters who saved a heart attack victim’s life after he collapsed outside a hotel have been honoured.

A carer who photographed herself making a 'v' sign at a client and shared it online, and later lied when applying for a new job, has been struck off.

The vision is a sustainable, therapeutic space that will be used by residents and their families and the wider community during regular events.

Delighted metal detectorists broke their fundraising record at their most recent charity dig - netting more than £1200 for Prostate Scotland.

A Tain engineer who was diagnosed with bowel cancer at the age of 41 is saddling up to back an awareness month.

Highland Council say information services for parents of children with autism will continue as part of a new project.

SPONSORED CONTENT: Castlehill Care Home in Inverness is entering a new chapter in its journey of growth and evolution.

Last November we launched our Give Blood, Save Lives campaign to bring in 5000 blood donations across the Highlands and Moray by Easter.

A team of staff from a firm with branches throughout the Highlands has become the latest to organise a corporate blood donation.

A relentless Highland campaigner for infected blood scandal victims says many are suffering mental illness as the fight for compensation drags on.

April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, and NHS Highland is taking the opportunity to raise awareness of bowel screening, which aims to spot IT early.

Thousands more operations will be carried out at the National Treatment Centre (NTC) Highland thanks to extra funding of £2.6 million.

The team was founded by an Inverness-based fire service worker, and competed against Europe’s best last weekend.

Having reported on others’ blood donations for several months, staff from Highland News and Media rolled up their sleeves for the cause themselves.

Scottish Government is slammed for leaving ‘frontline NHS staff dangerously overstretched and more prone to making mistakes’.

A mum who almost died after giving birth has added her voice to calls for more people to donate blood.

The life-threatening shock of her husband’s sudden brain bleed has led a Black Isle woman to the brink of a payback marathon challenge.

A Highland man whose family has been blighted by Huntington’s disease and is now fighting it as well remains fiercely positive about the future.