Scotland’s Chief Nursing Officer, Professor Fiona McQueen, has announced the launch of a new awards scheme for Scottish based nurse, midwife and allied health professional researchers. This is an
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Adult social care sevices in the Scottish Borders have been transferred to an arm’s length organisation in a bid to help save £5.6m over five years. The move will see
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The Scottish Parliament has become the first public building in Scotland to receive an Autism Access award from the National Autistic Society. The Presiding Officer, Rt Hon Tricia Marwick MSP
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Nominations are now open for Scotland’s Dementia Awards 2015 taking place on World Alzheimer’s Day, 24 September in Glasgow. The Awards are organised in partnership with Alzheimer Scotland, NHS Education
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22 new projects across Scotland will share a slice of £400,000 funding from the Self Management IMPACT Fund to support new ways of working. This investment from the Self
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A care at home service based in East Lothian has been told it must make improvements after the quality of care and support it provided was graded ‘weak’ by inspectors.
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The first Chief Executive of the new Independent Living Fund Scotland (ILF Scotland) has been named as Peter Scott, currently Chief Executive of ENABLE Scotland, who will take up post
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Seventy workers in Glasgow City Council’s Homeless Service will walk out this lunchtime in a dispute over their pay grade. The workers are all members of the trade union UNISON
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Two City of Edinburgh Council social workers have had their contempt of court conviction quashed by a judgment from the Court of Session on Friday. The pair, referred to AB
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One of Scotland’s leading housing and care providers is further cementing its reputation as a care-innovator by improving the feedback platforms it provides to its service users. With the aim
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