The letter below is the response from the general office of the First Minister in regard to Fay Thomson’s email of May 2026 regarding services at Portree Hospital . At the time of writing, there has been no response from the office of the CEO of NHS Highland, other than an email on 13th August to acknowledge receipt of the enquiry.
Coupled with the recent threat of closure of Home Farm Nursing Home, the group feels that questions need to be answered, as a matter of urgency, with regard to the future of health and care services in north Skye. We therefore seek the opinions, suggestions and support (especially for the staff at both facilities) at a public meeting, to be held on
Monday 3rd August at 7pm in the Church of Scotland Hall, York Drive, Portree
We would very much appreciate the sharing of the information of the meeting by recipients of this email amongst your communities, and for anyone unable to attend but wishing to comment/ask questions, these could be emailed to skyesosnhs@gmail.com,