Two NHS Scotlands? What the Health Board Shake-Up Could Mean for Caithness

No compulsory redundancies from health board cuts

The first minister has promised to work with trade unions as he embarks on reforming the public sector.

Two NHS Scotlands? What the Health Board Shake-Up Could Mean for Caithness

There is a potentially huge change coming to the way Scotland's NHS is organised, and it could have particular consequences for places such as Caithness.   The Scottish Government is developing a new East and West structure for NHS Scotland.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to be replaced in major health board shake-up

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is set to be replaced under plans for the biggest structural reform of Scotland’s health service since devolution. The health board, which provides hospital and community health services across Renfrewshire, is one of 14 territorial boards the Scottish Government plans to replace with two strategic health boards. The proposal was […]

Baxter Warns NHS Mega Board Could Leave Highland Patients More Remote

Highland patients could find healthcare decisions being made even further from the communities they affect under plans to replace Scotland's 14 territorial health boards with two strategic bodies, Andrew Baxter has warned. The Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch MSP says the abolition of NHS Highland would risk creating another layer of centralisation across a region where distance and geography already present significant challenges for patients.The po…