Mo Dhachaidh is one of only two nursing homes serving the entire northwest Highlands from Kyle of Lochalsh to Durness and has recently been closed by its owners, Parklands Care Homes, with the loss of 19 beds and 18 jobs.

This leaves Isle View as the only nursing home left operating in the northwest Highlands amidst an increasingly aging population, meaning that those requiring nursing home care will have to be relocated to homes far from family and friends.

Highland Council and NHS Highland have recently put together a rescue package to save Main's House in Newtonmore from closure. We demand that a similar package must be put in place to save nursing home care in Ullapool and avert the looming care crisis in the northwest Highlands.