Campaigners welcome UN maternity services report

A campaign group for improved access to maternity support in Caithness has welcomed UN recommendations on health services in rural areas.

The community-led Caithness Health Action Team (Chat) has been leading calls for the restoration of a consultant-led maternity service in Wick.

A report by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has raised concerns about "high rates of maternal mortality" and "disparities in access to sexual and reproductive health services" affecting women and girls in remote areas.

NHS Highland said it provided as many gynaecology and maternity procedures as it could in Caithness General Hospital.