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20/8/2021
Riverbank and Lybster GP Practices to merge
Two GP practices in Caithness will merge this month bringing benefit to both patients and staff thanks to closer working relationships between the teams. Riverbank Practice in Thurso and the Lybster Practice, based within Lybster village, have always worked closely together but the merger will now bring a formal arrangement into place.20/8/2021
Riverbank and Lybster GP Practices to merge
Two GP practices in Caithness will merge this month bringing benefit to both patients and staff thanks to closer working relationships between the teams. Riverbank Practice in Thurso and the Lybster Practice, based within Lybster village, have always worked closely together but the merger will now bring a formal arrangement into place.2/3/2021
NHS Highland marks Scottish Apprentice Week
To mark Scottish Apprenticeship Week (01-05 March 2021) NHS Highland is highlighting the positive impact that being an apprentice can have on the individual and also bring to an organisation. Catriona Naughton, Senior Practice Manager at Riverbank Medical Practice in Thurso knows how important it is to invest in the professional development of her team and includes offering employment opportunities to the young people of Caithness.8/1/2020
Caithness General Hospital secures a world first for pioneering environmental work
Caithness General Hospital in Wick is the first hospital in the world to gain the prestigious Alliance of Water Stewardship standard. Pioneering work in Wick has enabled the town's main hospital to be awarded international status for work undertaken to reduce the impact of pharmaceuticals on the environment.
24/7/2019
NHS Highland Widens Hospital Visiting Hours
NHS Highland plans to open up hospital visiting times so that patients can benefit from more flexible arrangements at the end of this month (July 2019). Rather than having visiting hours at set times, the board's Welcome / Failte Initiative will see patients being able to ask friends, relatives and carers to visit at times that better suit everyone involved.20/3/2019
First GP mentors in Highland
For the first time in Highland GPs working in the area now have access to mentor support to help promote staff health and wellbeing. NHS Highland's Mentoring Scheme, which saw the first trained mentors graduate in 2016, was recently extended to include GPs as trained mentors and a group of 10 mentors were successful in graduating last month (February).8/1/2019
University Of The Highlands And Islands Welcomes First Cohort Of Midwifery Students
The University of the Highlands and Islands has welcomed its first cohort of students onto an innovative new midwifery course. Nineteen students gathered at the Centre for Health Science in Inverness on Monday 7 January 2019 to begin the shortened midwifery programme.
Help is available to reduce Council Tax charges
The Highland Council is advising low income households, including home-owners, to apply for help to reduce their Council Tax. Eligible households can receive up to 100% reduction from their Council Tax which means that those households who receive the full reduction will only have to pay their Scottish Water and Wastewater charges.19/3/2016
Health and social care phone numbers for Caithness
NHS Highland has created a handy list of telephone numbers to help improve access to healthcare services in Caithness - including a single point of contact number for community health and social care. The information is given on a laminated double-sided A4 flyer with timely advice about the health board's services and the relevant telephone numbers for these and associated services.9/11/2015
