Health

Mum-of-three is a prisoner in her own bedroom for over 15 hours a week hooked up to a dialysis machine while she waits for a kidney donor.

A crucial campaigning body for elderly Highlanders is facing a threat to its existence after NHS Highland axed most of its funding.

Hear the thoughts from their family

Her sons former ICT captain Mike Noble and Alistair Mackay sound the alarm calling for something to be done.

Having stared his donation journey in 1971 aged 17, David Edes took in his 71st birthday last week by giving blood at Inverness Donor Centre.

David Stewart on the challenges of care in the Highlands.

Getting set to retire, Dr Tim Allison looks back on challenges and stresses the importance of small changes.

They were up with the early birdies - and off for an awe-inspiring 4680 holes of golf.

“Every day when I wake up, my daily mantra is to thank my donor and his family,” Angela Wilson says.

A consultant anaesthetist at Raigmore Hospital shares thoughts on things we can all do for Clean Air day - and beyond.

John Davidson joined a visually impaired walking group in the Highlands and learned that the support they offer is invaluable to its members

MSP Rhoda Grant has urged the government to match a pledge it made to increase the amount the NHS spends on child and adolescent mental health.

The imminent opening of an £11m care home in Inverness marks a “major milestone” for the care sector in the Highlands.

Talking about organ donation today can ease unimaginable decisions tomorrow.

The health board confirms it was ‘not a cyber attack, and that no patient records were compromised’.

But the health board say appointments are going ahead and ‘patient care is continuing safely across all our hospitals and services’.

Three High Live Highland centres across the region are set to introduce a new training format to their offering this summer.

Staff accommodation plans at Inverness Campus risk compromising patient parking at the National Treatment Centre - a doctor at the site has warned.

Inverness’s newest care home is set to open its doors to the local community this weekend before it welcomes its first residents.

Business leaders in Inverness are being held to ransom - all in aid of charity.