Turnaround For Young Male Offenders
Plans for a pilot project to target drug misusing young male offenders and those with other underlying problems have been announced by the Scottish Executive.
Read MorePlans for a pilot project to target drug misusing young male offenders and those with other underlying problems have been announced by the Scottish Executive.
Read MorePoor food and a lack of qualified staff were just some of the hundreds of complaints triggered by old people’s homes, according to a new report. Elderly care homes accounted for most of the complaints upheld by the care sector’s watchdog body.
{mosimage}The Care Commission investigated 792 complaints about old people’s homes in 2005-06 and upheld more than three quarters of them in whole or in part.
The review was based on the findings of more than 55,000 inspections.
OAP care homes accounted for 57% of all the complaints upheld by the commission.
The private sector had the most complaints, with 37% of privately-run elderly care home services having a complaint against them upheld, compared to just 11% of council-run services and 8% in the voluntary sector.
But this could be because councils have their own well-established complaints procedures, resulting in fewer complaints going to the Care Commission.
The findings came in the annual “quality review” of the commission, which considers evidence from the first four years of the its existence to provide what is claimed to be the first comprehensive national picture of care in Scotland.
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Read MoreThe government has announced it has asked a Senior Counsel to examine files in the case of Cynthia Owen to see if further action is required. Earlier this month an inquest ruled that Ms Owen was the mother of a baby girl found stabbed to death in Dun Laoghaire in 1973. Cynthia Owen had called for a full public inquiry into the case.
Read MoreA 38-year-old man is still being questioned by gardaí following the seizure of cannabis in Dublin. In excess of 160kg of cannabis with a potential street value of €1.2m was
Read MoreThe Government is to crack down on teen alcohol abuse, following the publication of the latest European survey. The report shows we have one of the highest rates of binge-drinking among 15-year-olds. Ireland ranks third out of 33 surveyed countries.
Read MoreAll local authorities in Wales are being contacted about criminal record checks on school employees after news that some check had been missed in Powys schools.
Read MoreAn Ammanford doctors’ surgery is at the centre of a massive fraud probe. The Guardian has learned that the London-based NHS Counter Fraud and Security team has been called in to investigate the alleged disappearance of a six-figure sum from the Margaret Street Practice.
Read MoreThree teenagers have been banned from entering shops and hanging around in groups in Cheshire as part of five-year Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs).
Read MoreA special meeting of all the agencies that deal with youth issues may be held in Cardigan in a bid to resolve current problems of anti-social behaviour in the town.
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