Doctors took a year to diagnose a woman's brain tumour despite multiple hospital admissions.

Her condition was only discovered during an MRI scan 12 months after she first visited hospital following a seizure.

An investigation by the Scottish Public Service Ombudsman (SPSO) concluded NHS Highland should have arranged a scan seven months earlier.

The woman later died, although it is unclear if her death was connected to the tumour.

The SPSO said she underwent a series of tests during her first admission to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness but the results came back normal.

Five months later, the woman was admitted to Nairn Hospital suffering from similar symptoms after losing consciousness. She was given an anti-epileptic drug and discharged.

The woman was finally diagnosed with a brain tumour seven months later at Perth Royal Infirmary following a check-up at Raigmore.

The SPSO has advised NHS Highland to apologise to her family, saying: "During our investigation, we took independent advice from a consultant neurologist.

"We found that, while some aspects of the woman's care and treatment were reasonable, there was an unreasonable delay in performing an MRI - a scan used to diagnose health conditions that affect organs, tissue and bone - of her brain.

"This should have been arranged within four weeks of her admission after the loss of consciousness and seizures."