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News round-up: Skye dialysis boost, seafood for care homes, ferry concerns, and community cinema project

Adam Gordon2 July 20208 July 2020

“Leap in the right direction” for dialysis patients seeking treatment in Skye. Highlands and Islands Labour MSP Rhoda Grant said she is delighted to see “a leap in the right…

Skye vulnerable communities set for summer of song and dance

Adam Gordon26 June 202026 June 2020

Some of Skye’s most vulnerable communities will have the chance to enjoy music concerts and cèilidhs this summer thanks to a new project. Thanks to funding from the Scottish Government…

Highland MSPs attack Government over lack of Covid testing and “abysmal” care home guidance

Adam Gordon11 June 202011 June 2020

Highlands and Islands MSP Rhoda Grant has criticised the Scottish health secretary for what she describes as “absolutely abysmal guidance” for care homes on end of life visits during the…

Small B and Bs now eligible for support as government repurposes hardship fund

Adam Gordon3 June 20203 June 2020

A leading voice in Highland and Islands business has said that many B and B operators will be drawing a “huge sigh of relief” after the Scottish Government announced a…

Covid-19 testing to be made available to all care home staff

Adam Gordon18 May 202018 May 2020

Scottish Government health secretary Jeane Freeman has today announced that all care home staff will be offered testing for Covid-19 Speaking at the government’s daily coronavirus briefing, Ms Freeman said…

NHS Highland to pilot contact tracing technology

Adam Gordon17 May 202017 May 2020

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”…

Community grieves further loss as ninth resident dies at Home Farm

Adam Gordon15 May 202015 May 2020

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,…

Free sanitary products now available in 12 public buildings across the Western Isles

Adam Gordon12 March 202012 March 2020

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar is now making free sanitary products available throughout public buildings in the Western Isles. Access to free sanitary products has been in place in schools across…

Western Isles MP Angus MacNeil criticises comhairle over handling of Barra hub

Adam Gordon23 February 202023 February 2020

Western Isles MP Angus MacNeil has criticised Comhairle nan Eilean Siar for its handling of a consultation on Barra into the creation of a new school and health hub in…

New finance minister Kate Forbes hopes to “do the Highlands proud”

Adam Gordon21 February 202021 February 2020

Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, has said she hopes to do the “Highlands proud” after being appointed as the Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Finance this week.…

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