The Scottish government said it was aware NHS Highland was developing options for future medical service provision for the communities.

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The government spent more than a year developing the options, and is now in the middle of a major consultation, yet this idea was not among them.

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The RCHT said it would "pursue alternative options for developing our IT and health records services to meet future staff and patient needs".

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