NHS Highland needs to strike a balance in dealing with its twin crises of bullying and financial challenges

While the fallout from the Sturrock Report into bullying within the health board has been grabbing most of the headlines for months, NHS Highland has also been grappling with huge financial problems.

It needed a £15 million loan from the Scottish Government to balance the books in 2017-18 and now needs to achieve £28 million of savings for 2019/20.

For the last six months accountancy giant Price Waterhouse Cooper (PwC) has been working with the health board to put it on a better financial footing.

In its exit report going to next Tuesday’s NHS Highland board meeting it says “significant progress” has been made, with £20 million of savings identified so far but fears non-delivery and slippage could make it difficult to realise the fill amount required.

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