Chunk of Highlands 'needs island-style health care'

27th January 2024

A story on the BBC web site. It has all the usual bla safety bla working with local groups bla resources bla bla bla - chaing nothing to help.

A large chunk of the Highland mainland should have an island-style health service, say campaigners.

Caithness Health Action Team (Chat) said its area needed Orkney's model of provision due to how far patients have to travel to access key services.

It said 90% of local pregnant women gave birth at Inverness' Raigmore Hospital - more than 100 miles away from the main Caithness towns of Wick and Thurso.

The Scottish government and NHS Highland said they working together to provide safe and sustainable services.

Read this latest tale of woe HERE

How does any of this relate to the recent announcement that the reshaping of Caithness General and Health Hubs for Thurso and Wick are now on hold due to reduced capital funding from Scottish Government. They kept this process going for more than 10 years and now its ground to a halt.