Brain injury patients are at risk of ending up on the streets or entering the criminal justice system once they leave hospital because over-stretched social care departments are struggling to support them, a Senior Social Worker warned.
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Social workers still suffer from an image problem, MPs were told by a social worker at the All Party Parliamentary Group on Social Work’s inquiry into the state of the profession.
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A project which allows patients to stay at home rather than in hospital is being introduced across Scotland.
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Tackling sexual exploitation of children will be the focus of an inquiry launched by a Holyrood committee.
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The latest state-of-the-art care home commissioned by the City of Edinburgh Council is to be called Drumbrae House.
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WORK is almost complete on the new regional Sexual Assault Referral Centre at Antrim Area Hospital, The Rowan.
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A MAN who was being assessed for disability allowance brandished a knife at a staff member of healthcare firm Atos.
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC), has announced several alarming issues that are affecting the delivery of good home care services in the UK.
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Scotland could face a “cycle of cuts and crises” if politicians fail to plan properly for the future, Labour has warned.
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In the wake of Gloria Foster’s tragic and avoidable death, Mark Thomas, dscusses why care monitoring is vital in helping local authorities to save lives – and money.
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