New Course Helps Improve Quality Of Care
The first graduates from a pioneering new academic course designed to drive up standards of care provided throughout Scotland have been honoured at a special ceremony.
Read MoreThe first graduates from a pioneering new academic course designed to drive up standards of care provided throughout Scotland have been honoured at a special ceremony.
Read MoreInternational mental health practitioners and leaders met in Edinburgh recently to discuss how to improve mental health services across the globe. It was the first time that the International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership (IIMHL) had been hosted in Scotland and was the largest gathering in its history.
Read MoreMP and former minister Alun Michael has joined criticism over a paedophile’s “lenient” sentence by saying judges must “wake up and smell the coffee”. He was speaking after the home secretary hit out at the sentence and called on the attorney general to act – sparking a political row.
Read MoreA residential drug rehabilitation centre is to more than double the number of people it helps after a £550,000 European grant. The Rhoserchan Project, based near Aberystwyth, has used some of the Objective 1 money to buy new premises.
Read MoreMore patients with terminal illnesses should be given the choice of dying at home, according to a cancer charity. Marie Curie called on the Welsh Assembly Government to put more money into palliative care outside hospitals.
Read MoreThe majority of NHS staff would have reservations about being treated in their own hospital, a survey says. The poll of 72,600 hospital workers by the Healthcare Commission found only 44% would be happy with the standard of care where they worked.
Read MoreIndependent watchdog the Care Commission holds an annual Forum to address some of the care sector’s biggest issues. This year’s Forum on June 24 is dedicated to improving standards in childminding. Ronnie Hill, Director of Children’s Services Regulation explains why this is so important.
Read MoreScotland’s first dedicated family protection centre is to be established in Edinburgh by police, health workers and social workers.
Read MoreThe Care Commission has welcomed a report by the Scottish Parliament’s Health Committee, which concludes that the regulatory body has been a success in delivering a “rigorous and comprehensive regulation regime” since its inception in 2002.
Read MoreThe Care Inquiry Report has now been published, heralding the free personal and nursing care policy a success.
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