Care home owners admit fire safety breaches
The owners, and indeed the manager of a residential care home in Newcastle have been fined more than £22,000 for breaching fire safety regulations.
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Care home slammed for being “dirty”
A CARE home for elderly and disabled young people was blasted for being “dirty” and “unacceptable” to live in.
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Health centre plan approved in Wester Hailes
A LONG-delayed new health centre for one of Edinburgh’s most deprived areas will be up and running within two years after plans were approved.
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ABBA counselling project hopes to hit the right note
Scotland’s largest voluntary social care organisation is launching an innovative new counselling scheme in the Lothians next week.
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Anger over care home debate that never was
THE grieving relatives of an elderly Cupar man who died in North Eden House at the weekend have spoken of their ‘disgust’ after a council meeting called to debate the future of Fife’s care homes descended into chaos after just a few minutes.
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Increase in harm referrals seen as positive for Dundee social work service
A total of 195 vulnerable adults were referred to social workers in Dundee in the first nine months of last year amid concerns they were being harmed.
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Kibble bosses slammed after boy’s suicide
BOSSES at a Paisley care home have been criticised after a 13-year-old boy hanged himself in his bedroom.
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Kilmarnock nursing home rated among the worst in Scotland
SOCIAL work bosses have halted admissions to a Kilmarnock nursing home after standards of care were found to be among the worst in Scotland.
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Plea to save Northern Ireland’s children’s services
Children’s services could be hardest hit by Northern Ireland’s draft budget, the Children’s Commissioner has warned.
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Powys and Ceredigion examine social care collaboration
Social care in Powys and Ceredigion could be headed by one person in future. Ceredigion Council has backed a proposal to conduct a feasibility study to develop a collaboration between the social services departments of both.
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