New video produced on assisted suicide law
A new video has been produced by campaigners who back plans to legalise assisted suicide in Scotland. The video aims to tackle some of the “misconceptions and misunderstandings” surrounding the
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Inspectors unhappy with staffing at Wishaw rehab centre
A rehabilitation centre for people with brain injuries in Wishaw, North Lanarkshire has been criticised by inspectors for its high turnover of nursing staff and the sutability of the staff
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First ‘outstanding’ ratings for three adult care services
The Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care at the Care Quality Commission (CQC), Andrea Sutcliffe, is today congratulating England’s first three adult social care services which have achieved the highest
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New funding for specialist nurses in Scotland
An extra £2.5 million will be invested in specialist nursing and care, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced. The first allocation of the new funding package, £700,000, will go towards
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Health Minister concedes NHS not meeting targets
Health Minister Norman Lamb has admitted the NHS “is not meeting” its targets, as new figures today are expected to show that A&E waiting times have fallen to their worst
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Home Office branded disgrace over migrant detention
The Home Office has been criticised by campaigners after new figures revealed 20 migrants have been held in detention centres for at least two years, according to reports. One detainee
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Judge critical of councils after boy ‘languished’ in care system
Two councils have been criticised by a family court judge who said a five-year-old boy taken from his parents more than two years ago had “languished” in the care system.
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Charity pledges investigation into Ebola case
Save the Children has said a review into how a British nurse – who is in a critical condition in a north London hospital with Ebola – had contracted the
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Consultation begins on NI Social Work research
A consultation exercise on a Social Work Research Strategy for 2015-2020 has been launched by Northern Ireland’s Health and Social Care Board (HSCB) and social workers are being asked for
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Abuse inquiry hears nuns were ‘sadistic bullies’
Some Catholic nuns at a children’s home in Northern Ireland were sadistic bullies, a former resident has claimed. A “bleak, harsh and cruel” atmosphere was described by alleged victims at
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