Campaigners want improved access for women in Caithness and Sutherland who face long journeys.
NHS Highland is reviewing women's health services in Caithness, Health Secretary Humaz Yousaf has said.Women in Caithness and parts of Sutherland can face round trips of 210 miles or more to get to Inverness to access the services.Women's and Public Health Minister Maree Todd, who is also the local SNP MSP, along with representatives from Scottish government health teams and NHS Highland also attended the meeting.
"As NHS Highland's review of women's services gets under way, the board has committed to engaging with the Hub throughout the process and I will get regular updates as this continues."A spokeswoman said: "All parties listened and took on board our concerns around diagnostics, operations, emergency care, access to care and travel.'Increasingly centralised'
For years there have been calls for increased provision of obstetrics and gynaecology, services focused on the care of pregnant women and unborn babies and women's sexual and reproductive health. In 2016, the maternity unit at Caithness General in Wick was downgraded from consultant-led to midwife-led. Most first-time mothers are sent to Inverness' Raigmore Hospital for births.It said emergency gynaecology care and surgical service were not available locally. It also claimed a consultant had only been available 31 weeks of the year in 2021-22 and that 12% of gynaecology procedures were carried out at Caithness General.
NHS Highland said it was in regular contact with NHWWH and provided a range of gynaecology services locally.
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