A joint inspection of services for older people in the Shetland Islands has found that while services are generally good, there is a struggle to ensure consistant care due to
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It is “verging on the patronising” to suggest Holyrood is not capable of holding power of abortion law, Scottish Secretary David Mundell has insisted. The cabinet minister clashed with former
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A new group has been announced to help develop the Scottish Government’s plans to significantly expand early learning and childcare. The announcement was made by the Children’s Minister Aileen Campbell
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Over the past three years, Pilotlight has brought together commissioners, deliverers and users of services to research and design some of the different pathways to self-directed support. With its new
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Young cancer patients in Scotland could be missing out on experimental treatments, with research showing less than a third of clinical trials are available north of the border. Researchers in
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The SNP has accused the Government and Labour of “disrespecting” Scots by not including any of their MPs on a parliamentary body examining human rights. Four Tories and two Labour
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An event to launch the findings of The View from Here, a project designed to understand the working lives, attitudes and experiences of the social services workforce in Scotland, is
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A specialist multi-agency team aimed at targeting the criminal behaviour of scammers and supporting their vulnerable victims is now operating in Angus. Angus Financial Abuse Support Team (FAST) came together
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The first in a series of unique seminars focusing on childhood and adolescent neglect and its impact on a child’s development, self-esteem and confidence took place in Glasgow this week.
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The levels of domestic abuse reported in Scotland have increased by 2.5% over the past year. The figures, which cover the two years since the creation of Police Scotland, show
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