A follow-up report after a highly critical study of social services in south west Scotland has found progress has been “slower than intended”.

Minister for Public Health Shona Robison today announced the re-appointment of a non-executive member to The Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care.

A LOTHIANS care home has been told to make urgent improvements after an investigation by the Care Commission uncovered “serious” concerns about care quality.

OLD FOLK in a care home were left without heating and hot running water for six weeks, it has emerged.

A MIDLOTHIAN care worker has become the first Scottish recipient of an annual national care home award.

A SHERIFF has ruled higher safety standards in a Scots nursing home could have prevented the death of a woman who broke her neck falling from a wheelchair.