Inverness National Treatment Centre gets extra £2.6 million in boost for patients

Inverness National Treatment Centre gets extra £2.6 million in boost for patients

The funding will help deliver thousands of additional procedures every year - including operations for cataracts and joint replacements.

Extra £2.6m for National Treatment Centre Highland

New investment from Scottish government will enable NTC Highland to deliver thousands of additional orthopaedic and ophthalmic operations each year  The Scottish government has announced additional investment of £2.6m for the National Treatment Centre (NTC) Highland to help in recruiting news nurses, anaesthetists and healthcare support workers in a bid to increase capacity and tackle waiting times.  Photo by hysw001 / Pixabay Such focused inves…

Funding announced for National Treatment Centre Highland

Funding announced for National Treatment Centre Highland Polly Jones 14 April, 2025 Funding announced for National Treatment Centre Highland 14 April, 2025 The Scottish Government has announced funding of £2.6 million to allow National Treatment Centre (NTC) Highland to deliver thousands of additional orthopaedic and ophthalmic operations every year.The additional investment is allocated from £200 million contained in the Budget to tackle wai…

Another story you won’t hear on BBC Scotland – ‘Thousands of additional procedures’ for Highlands thanks to £2.6 million SNP Government boost

Professor John Robertson OBA Thanks to rtpscott for alerting me to the above. Not a word on BBC Scotland nor on BBC Highland and Islands, on this story nor, of course, on one of the reasons such enhancement is desperately needed: https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2024/08/15/bbc-highlands-in-2017-off-message-and-reporting-on-english-drug-gangs-behind-270-surge-in-violent-crime-and-increased-drug-deaths/ Also, the UK Labour mistakes that have made …

Boost for Highland Treatment Centre as Extra Funding Promises Thousands More Operations

An injection of £2.6 million will allow the National Treatment Centre Highland to ramp up operations and slash waiting times. The funding is part of a £200 million package aimed at easing NHS pressures across Scotland. This will enable the Inverness-based facility to deliver over 8,400 procedures in the year ahead. That marks a 67% increase on the 5,054 procedures carried out last year under Scottish Government commissioning. More patients in NH…

Additional funding for National Treatment Centre Highland

Funding of £2.6 million will allow National Treatment Centre (NTC) Highland to deliver thousands of additional orthopaedic and ophthalmic operations every year. The additional investment - allocated from £200 million contained in the Budget to tackle waiting times, delayed discharge and improve hospital flow across the country - will support the recruitment of new nurses, anaesthetists and healthcare support workers.