Highland Council counts the cost of care home fire
HIGHLAND Council will have to find an extra £100,000 to refurbish its fire-damaged Lochbroom House care home at Ullapool. The work has already cost £1.3million.
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‘Highland social work service in chaos’ claim
The Highland social work service is in chaos, according to the council’s opposition SNP group, which has condemned further radical plans for reform.
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Alcohol abuse ‘costs every Scot £900 a year’
Alcohol misuse could cost every adult in Scotland about £900 each year, according to a new report.
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EK MSP backs fight to improve muscular dystrophy services
EAST Kilbride MSP Andy Kerr is backing a campaign to improve services for people affected by muscular dystrophy. Mr Kerr voiced his support after meeting activists who were lobbying the Scottish Parliament.
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Hamilton mental health care centre to open in winter 2010
HEALTH board chiefs this week confirmed the new care centre that could house Carstairs patients will probably be open by the end of the year.
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Elderly and their carers given £380k boost for short breaks
MORE community short breaks are being provided to older people and their carers in Edinburgh. Nearly £380,000 has been allocated for additional short breaks for older people in the city – funded by the Scottish Government and Edinburgh City Council’s Older People’s Capacity Plan.
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Family’s thanks after council rescues woman, 103
THE family of a 103-year-old woman paid tribute to their local council today for coming to the rescue through heavy snow and plunging temperatures.
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Children’s services in Leeds branded ‘inadequate’
EFFORTS by Leeds council to safeguard the city’s youngsters are still inadequate, say watchdogs. The Care Quality Commission and Ofsted, in a joint report published today, found although improvements are under way in children’s social care services, more work is needed to bring them up to scratch as the overall effectiveness of safeguarding services was substandard.
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Plans for elderly care put essential services ‘at risk’
Frontline services such as social work, meals on wheels and road maintenance may have to be cut to cover the cost of controversial plans for elderly care at home, local authority leaders have warned.
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Boy tells hearing Bradford social worker shouted and swore
A vulnerable teenage boy told a conduct hearing that he began running away from home after his Bradford social worker swore violently at him down the phone.
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