Sense Scotland announces service closure
Sense Scotland has announced it is to close its Newark Drive service as demand has “dropped markedly.” The facility in Glasgow’s south-side offered support and overnight care for youngsters with
Read MoreSense Scotland has announced it is to close its Newark Drive service as demand has “dropped markedly.” The facility in Glasgow’s south-side offered support and overnight care for youngsters with
Read MoreAn open letter to Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Iain Duncan Smith MP calls on Mr Duncan Smith to immediately suspend the roll out of Universal-Credit in Scotland,
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Read MoreThe Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services (IRISS) are undertaking a project titled ‘The View From Here’ which aims to understand practitioners’ experiences of delivering care and support
Read MoreThe annual Care Accolades awards ceremony recognising achievement in social services has been postponed for 2015, the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) announced today. The awards, which have been running
Read MoreA new video has been produced by campaigners who back plans to legalise assisted suicide in Scotland. The video aims to tackle some of the “misconceptions and misunderstandings” surrounding the
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Read MoreAn extra £2.5 million will be invested in specialist nursing and care, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced. The first allocation of the new funding package, £700,000, will go towards
Read MoreSave the Children has said a review into how a British nurse – who is in a critical condition in a north London hospital with Ebola – had contracted the
Read MoreEast Lothian Council and NHS Lothian have launched two consultations on the integration of health and social care in the East Lothian. In April 2015, the new East Lothian Health
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