A joint inspection of services for older people in Falkirk has highlighted areas of good performance and also made recommendations where further improvements can be made. The report follows a
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Fulfilling the dreams of children with life-limiting illnesses can empower them and their families and could have an enduring positive impact, according to new University of Stirling research. The three
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A “pay rise” for Britain with the surprise announcement of a new national living wage has been branded a “con trick” by Scotland’s Deputy First Minister. In the first Conservative
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The former Chief Executive of CHILDREN 1ST, Anne Houston OBE will receive an Honorary Doctorate from University of the West of Scotland (UWS) at its graduation ceremony today, at Thomas
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A group of pro-life MPs have launched a bid to give the Scottish Parliament the power to change abortion law in the country. A cross-party amendment to the Scotland Bill,
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Mental Health Minister, Jamie Hepburn, has visited a new £8 million unit for child and adolescent mental health in Dundee on Friday. The Young People’s Unit provides a 12 bed
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The University of Edinburgh and Camphill Scotland are hosting an event in September on using social pedagogy to work with adults. The ‘Diamonds are forever: using social pedagogy to work
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Scotland would be able to mitigate Conservative cuts to tax credits or other welfare under Labour and SNP plans to give Holyrood the power to create new benefits and top
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Women and men across Scotland who suspect their partner has an abusive background may now have that information disclosed to them, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced. Police Scotland’s Disclosure
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A judge has dismissed a legal bid by two Catholic charities to overturn the appointment of a top QC as chairwoman of an inquiry into historic child abuse in Scotland.
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