A ‘cultural change’ is needed in order that public bodies can work together to successfully deliver vital public services. This is the outcome of the first strand of the Scottish Parliament’s Local Government and Regeneration Committee’s inquiry into public services reform.
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SUCCESSFUL health and social-care reform will focus not on structure but on giving older people what they want, writes Peter MacLeod
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A council is investigating a data protection blunder – less than 24 hours after it moved to tighten up information handling procedures.
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A council report has revealed a 76% reduction in serious offences committed by young people in Dundee.
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Belfast Health and Social Care (BHSC) Trust has been slammed with the second largest ever fine to be issued by the UK’s information watchdog, after a serious data breach saw the personal data of thousands of patients and staff compromised.
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A care home in North Wales, has won an award for its collaboration with the Hallé orchestra and the Welsh National Opera.
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BAILOUTS given to Aneurin Bevan other Welsh local health boards (LHBs) totalling £24 million are unsustainable, a finance watchdog has warned.
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BASW has increased the funding it provides for social workers facing financial difficulty, as evidence grows that more and more hard-up professionals are falling into debt.
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Labour councillor labels Westminster ‘meanest council in Britain’ for cuts to adult services
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Training care home staff to properly help dementia sufferers could reduce the use of antipsychotic drugs by up to 50%, research suggests.
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