NHS Highland to pilot contact tracing technology
News that NHS Highland will pilot contact tracing technology from Monday (18th May) has been welcomed on Skye Eilean a’ Cheo ward councillor John Finlayson said it is was “imperative”…
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Community grieves further loss as ninth resident dies at Home Farm
HC-One, the operator of Home Farm, has confirmed today that two more residents of the Skye care home have died. In a release sent to the Free Press this afternoon,…
More beds a health priority for north Skye
Campaigners have made the case for more community care and hospital beds for north Skye at a series of meetings held to discuss future health provision in the district. The…
Skye and Lochalsh patients face further wait for dialysis treatment closer to home
The recruitment crisis facing the health service in the Highlands was laid bare this week after it emerged that long-suffering kidney dialysis patients in Skye and Lochalsh will face a…
Recruitment drive to restore nursing cover for Raasay
An advert to recruit nurses to provide 24/7 health care cover for the Isle of Raasay had been launched this week by NHS Highland. The move, which is part of…
Skye SOS-NHS health group chair to step down
The chair of SOS-NHS Skye has this week announced she will step down from the role following a meeting of the health pressure group held on Monday. Catriona MacDonald informed…
Public meeting to be held in Portree to assess progress of health care report for Skye, Lochalsh and South West Ross
Lewis Ritchie will visit Skye tomorrow (Tuesday 28th May) to assess the progress of the recommendations set out in his out of hours healthcare report for Skye, Lochalsh and South…
Health secretary set to visit Skye and Lochalsh
The Cabinet Secretary for Health Jeane Freeman will visit Skye and Lochalsh on Monday (27th May) with constituency MSP Kate Forbes. Ms Freeman will be taken on a tour of…
New NHS Highland interim chair “looking forward to the challenge”
The new interim chair of NHS Highland has told the Free Press he is “looking forward to the challenge” of leading the local health authority. Professor Boyd Robertson – a…
Editorial: David Alston departure offers chance for “encouraging” replacement
We have sympathy with David Alston. He was parachuted into the chair of NHS Highland three years ago. As a standing non-executive director he must have had an inkling of…