New health centre in Rhymney nears completion
Building work on a new health centre is almost complete with services due to move in over the coming weeks. The Rhymney Integrated Health and Social Care Centre will host
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University secures funding into adoption research
Researchers at Cardiff University have received funding for two new research projects about children adopted from public care and the support needs of their new families. The first project is
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Beach Court care home in Aberdeen set to close after critical report
An Aberdeen care home for the elderly is set to close after a highly critical report about conditions there. Beach Court, operated by Four Seasons Healthcare, was given until last
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Female genital mutilation ‘rising in soft-touch Scotland’
A BBC investigation has revealed concerns that young girls are being brought to Scotland to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) because the country is seen as a “soft touch”. Agencies
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Highland child care boost could help single parents find work
SINGLE parents in the Highlands may be able to find more work when increased child care is provided next year, a councillor has predicted. By August 2014 all local authorities
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Kinship carers ‘must not face cuts’
Benefits should not be deducted from people who are paid to look after their relatives, according to a Holyrood committee. Kinship carers, those who look after relatives such as grandchildren
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Shropshire council agrees £80m budget cut business plan
Shropshire council has agreed a business plan to save £80m from its budget, which includes severe cuts to children’s services and elderly care. The authority announced in July that it
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Suffolk care services face £10m cuts but savings also planned
Plans to slash the budget for community services in Suffolk as part of £36.8m of cuts mean vulnerable people will “suffer”, opposition councillors say. Conservative-run Suffolk County Council is targeting
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Scottish Social Services Council launch workforce data website
The SSSC has launched the Scottish Social Services Workforce Data website. For the first time the social services sector in Scotland can access a unique, free to use, online resource
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Bedroom tax: ‘Two-thirds of affected are disabled’
ALMOST two-thirds of people affected by the so-called bedroom tax are disabled, according to analysis by Citizens Advice Scotland. A survey of around 400 people who have approached CAS raising
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