Health

FIFTEEN new Covid-19 infections have been detected in the NHS Highland region.

THE "unfair" Covid blame game needs to stop, fed up students in the Highlands have told politicians.

Newly qualified nurses at Raigmore Hospital are getting extra support in their transition from student to fully fledged member of staff.

Significant improvements have been made at an Inverness care home, the Scottish Government has heard.

TWENTY more people have been diagnosed with Covid-19 in the NHS Highland area – the biggest daily increase since the middle of June.

A stroke victim from Inverness has spoken about how the coronavirus lockdown has impacted on her ongoing health battle.

EIGHT more Covid-19 infections have been recorded in the NHS Highland area ­– on the same day Scotland saw its biggest ever daily jump in cases.

The new restrictions will come into effect on Friday but people are encouraged to abide by them now amid rising Covid infection rates

SEVEN new cases of Covid-19 have been detected in the NHS Highland area in the past day.

But Boris Johnson rebuffed calls by Highland MP Ian Blackford to extend the furlough scheme

ONLY two new cases of Covid-19 were diagnosed in the NHS Highland area in the past day.

A WILD swimmer who feels lucky to be alive after a terrifying allergic reaction to a jellyfish sting, has warned others to take care in the water.

SENIOR pupils at a Highland high school have been urged to self-isolate after one of them tested positive for Covid-19.

There has been a deep clean of Simpsons Garden Centre's restaurant and kitchen after an employee at the Inverness business contracted coronavirus.

David Duguid visited the site to learn about its operations and thank staff for their work

TEN more people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the NHS Highland area ­­– amid warnings that the UK is at a "critical point" in the pandemic.

MSPs on the Scottish Parliament’s public petitions committee will hear evidence from a leading neurosurgeon to support an Inverness woman's petition.

THIRTEEN new cases of Covid-19 have been detected in the NHS Highland area in the past 24 hours.

A HIGHLAND hotel in Lochaber has closed to guests after a Covid cluster broke out in the community.

OVER 100 cases of Covid-19 have now been detected in the NHS Highland area since the start of September – after 11 more were reported overnight.