Management of violent offenders is inconsistent and underdeveloped in parts of Scotland and some social work departments don’t know if work with offenders is effective, according to inspectors.
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Care services for children and elderly people need to improve, a major social work review has found. A four-year study of Scotland’s 32 local authorities revealed a “mixed picture” as services cope with rising demands and a squeeze on resources.
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SCOTLAND’S first service for adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is being launched to cope with rising numbers with the condition needing help.
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A multiple sclerosis sufferer is forced to spend almost 15 hours in bed every night because of Aberdeen City Council’s carers’ working hours.
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Adult social care in England is “chronically under-funded” and “severely rationed”, MPs say. The Health Committee warned urgent action was needed and told the political parties to stop their point-scoring and seek solutions instead.
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A SOCIAL worker who had sex with a mentally ill woman while caring for her two children has been banned from the profession.
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DEATHS linked to Scotland’s three biggest killers – cancer, heart disease and strokes – fell last year. The number of deaths from cancer fell for the second year running to 15,466, including 4,128 from lung cancer.
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Plans to overhaul social work and cut red tape in the highly regulated service are being drawn up by the Conservatives. The party believes that reforms introduced after the Baby P tragedy fall well short of what is needed to keep children safe from abuse and neglect.
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A BEREAVED family’s complaints over their loved one’s care remain the subject of a council probe today, despite no evidence of neglect being found at a Teesside care home.
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The NSPCC is the latest children’s organisation to apologise to the members of Family Q, who were subjected to abuse and rape by their father over three decades.
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