I have previously complained to the Highland health board about its contempt for disabled people. Evidence of this is shown by, for example, the absence of automatic doors at the Lorn Medical Centre in Oban, preventing mobility impaired people to enter the building independently. This is contrary to the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 and the Equality Act 2010.
Having automatic doors would also help parents with pushchairs.
The board continues to waste hundreds of thousands of pounds a year by using paper letters to advise patients of outpatient appointments. The board is permitted by NHS Scotland to introduce cost-saving measures so why is it so committed to money wasting?