Health

A Wester Ross care home closed last summer due to staffing challenges is set to re-open soon, it was confirmed today.

The analysis reveals an 18% drop in care homes over 10 years while the over-75 population rose by almost 72%.

Residents at a Black Isle care home are inviting the local community to a daffodil tea with a difference this weekend.

Two Ross-shire groups have benefited from funding for projects supporting work for people living with dementia, their carers and family members.

Today we take it for granted that giving blood is as easy as looking online and booking an appointment - and it pretty well is.

Home Bargains have multiple stores across the Highlands and Moray in Inverness, Tain, Dingwall, Aviemore, Nairn and Elgin.

A Scottish singer has opened up about his own battle with mental health, as he shares words of wisdom promising “light at the end of the tunnel.”

Kind-hearted metal detectorists have handed over more than £1000 to help children battling cancer.

Federica Stefani shares her story of being a furloughed reporter during lockdown.

Five years on since the Covid lockdown, many didn’t have the chance to say goodbye to loved ones

Former care home worker Sarah MacDougall was one of the first patients in the Highlands to survive Covid 19 - but it has had a life-changing impact.

Covid tests are available on the NHS to those deemed at highest risk.

The exercise even includes Highland Council and looks at how to deal with a new outbreak that claims 840,000 lives.

A Highland mental health charity, with branches in Invergordon and Inverness, has been named as the Best Wellbeing Service at an awards ceremony.

Avian flu has been found in premises south of Inverness, the Scottish Government has confirmed, with restrictions now in effect within the area.

Showing the older generation how it’s done, enthusiastic school students were among donors who turned out to give blood recently.

The blood transfusion service is actively seeking to welcome local companies as part of its corporate blood donation programme.

The pioneering success of a health rehabilitation team offering “a second chance at life” earned special recognition at Highland Heroes.

In a highly successful mission, members and dependants of the Black Watch 3rd Battalion joined forces to give blood together last week.

Parklands Care Homes has unveiled plans for a £2.2 million two-storey extension at a Tain care home.