NHS Highland and the Scottish Ambulance Service have confirmed there were 6750 verbal and physical assaults against staff in the Inverness area between from 2014 to September 2019.

Highlands and Islands Conservative MSP Donald Cameron has backed Boris Johnson’s decision to refuse Nicola Sturgeon’s request for permission to hold a second referendum on Scottish independence.

Highlands and Islands MSP Donald Cameron is supporting calls for a debate in Parliament on plans to centralise air traffic control in the region, which would lead to air traffic controllers removed from airports and replaced with a single ‘remote’ tower in Inverness.

Scheduled operations at Raigmore Hospital have been cancelled due to overwhelming demand for hospital beds.

Commenting on the cancelling of scheduled operations at Raigmore Hospital, Highlands and Islands MSP Donald Cameron said:

“This is extremely disappointing news and will have consequences for people in the Western Isles who are waiting for elective surgery."

After the SNP Minister responsible for the failure announces yet more delay to the rollout of superfast broadband in Scotland, and with no date even set now for the Highlands to see R100 completed, Highlands and Islands Scottish Conservative MSP Donald Cameron said: 

Commenting on the £50m black hole faced by Police Scotland , Highlands and Islands MSP Donald Cameron said: “It is deeply alarming that Audit Scotland says that Police Scotland requires a £50m cash injection in order to prevent the loss of no fewer than 750 police officers."

The Scottish Government today announced that the delivery of its flagship superfast broadband programme, known as R100, will not completed until 2023 in South and Central Scotland.

Highlands and Islands MSP Donald Cameron has demanded urgent action after reports confirmed that NHS Highland has been placed in special measures at a high level of concern.

NHS Highland has confirmed that their contract with Hospedia, who deliver Hospital TV, will expire on 17 January 2020.

Edward Mountain, who launched a campaign for Fairer Hospital TV Charges in January 2019, is delighted that the rip-off charges are coming to an end.