A new Maggie’s Centre for cancer patients and their relatives is to open in Lanarkshire. The interim facility will be based at Wishaw General Hospital until a dedicated service at Monklands Hospital is built.
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Amman Valley councillor Kevin Madge has defended himself over allegations that an increase in the social services charges for 2008/2009 was “not acceptable”.
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A counselling service for pupils is to be set up across Wales after recommendations were made following an inquiry into sex abuse by a teacher.
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Notts County council bosses have announced the closure of five Notts care homes. The move follows a lengthy review by Notts County Council Adult Services.
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A hospital in Cheadle which helps people with learning disabilities has formed a partnership with a college in Leek, to enable staff and service users to learn together.
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A nurse at a Southmead care home let a patient die because she was on her ‘last gasp’, a misconduct hearing was told.
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A RESIDENTIAL home for people with learning disabilities has opened in Bradford. Park View, in Park View Road, has been transformed from a 16-bed care home into a more spacious 11-bed residential home.
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A £250,000 target has been set to support kinship carers in Dumfries and Galloway for the year ahead.
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Two private care institutions were criticised yesterday by a watchdog for failing to meet government standards.
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New guidance on services for people with autism has been published by the Scottish Government.
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