THE general manager of the region’s largest charitable provider of home care says she is “extremely disappointed” that the contracts for the external delivery of the service have been awarded to two private companies based outwith the region.

THE number of youngsters on the child protection register in Aberdeen soared by 22% in the wake of the tragic death of Baby P, it emerged yesterday.

Two Stirling care homes, which house up to 40 elderly residents, have been saved from closure. The council decided last month that Wellgreen and Beech Gardens would be shut and the savings used to provide care in people’s own homes.

Islanders have set up a letter writing campaign to Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon. An emotional appeal has gone out from the Isle of Cumbrae to SNP Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon urging for a new care facility on the island as elderly husbands and wives have been ‘separated’

A WOMAN whose late mother was mistreated by an abusive nurse has spoken of her relief now that “justice has been done.”