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NHS Highland have announced plans to send patients to local hospitals in Wick, Oban and Fort William to receive treatment to ensure the waiting times backlog is reduced. Edward Mountain MSP said: “Our local rural hospitals have a huge role to play in supporting NHS Highland to reduce long waiting

The success of a local project to install nesting boxes at schools in the Highlands has been highlighted at the Scottish Parliament.

Edward Mountain MSP has urged the Scottish Government to “act with urgency and more openness” about the development of the new farming policy, due to be drafted next year. The Highlands and Islands MSP raised the issue of accelerating the delivery of a new farming policy to support the industry thr

Getting on with the job includes meaning helping you own your own home.

Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston is backing a “Right to Recovery” bill which looks to help people wean themselves from dependency on drugs. The Leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Douglas Ross, recently put forward plans for a Right to Recovery Bill in the Scottish Parliament

Local Conservatives have expressed concern that SNP spending plans, revealed in the Scottish Parliament yesterday, will lead to cuts in services provided by Argyll and Bute Council. Highlands and Islands MSP Donald Cameron said: “Due to the SNP’s  chronic mismanagement of Scotland’s finan

**Letter originally published in The Press and Journal on 3 June 2022: Dear Editor, I sure everyone across the Highlands will welcome the good news that our Pre-hospital Immediate Care & Trauma team (PICT) has received additional funding to allow them to continue to operate seven days a w

Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston said: “This is yet another example of the SNP rowing back on promises that they made to local people. “We already know that they are seeking to renege on dualling the A96, and now we have this evidence of a waning commitment to the A9 as well.

NHS Highland have confirmed that the long-awaited opening of the National Treatment Centre in Inverness will be delayed from 9 December 2022 to 3 April 2023. Edward Mountain MSP commented: “This news will bring bitter disappointment to the 2,500 orthopaedic patients waiting for treatment in the Hi