A care home in South Lanarkshire has been served with a formal improvement notice by Scotland’s social care regulator, the Care Inspectorate. The notice, served on New Monteith House Care
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People in Glasgow are four times more likely to die from heart disease than those in some other regions, a charity has said. The British Heart Foundation (BHF) said that
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A survey of senior local government executives and their full remuneration has been published by the The TaxPayers’ Alliance. In what is their eighth ‘Town Hall Rich List’, the Alliance
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How life has changed for the thousands of Scottish children in care will be examined by the Scottish Parliament’s Education and Culture Committee when it hears evidence from care leavers
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A Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) scrutiny panel has found two Aberdeen care workers guilty of misconduct resulting in both being struck off the register. In one hearing, Kayleigh Coleman
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Scottish Care, the umbrella group which represents independent care home providers, is seeking a Judicial Review over the way Glasgow City Council is offering contracts to care homes. The local
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Older people in Scotland will increasingly live alone over the next 25 years, according to the latest official projections. Nearly a quarter of people aged 16 or over are projected
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Over the summer, young people with care experience aged 14-26 years old who live in Glasgow or the Highlands will be able to make an application to the Life Changes
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The Care Inspectorate and Citizens Advice Scotland have teamed up to ensure more people know how to access help when things go wrong in care services. The two organisations have
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A care worker who force-fed and verbally abused a dementia sufferer in an Angus care home has been struck off. An inquiry panel found Christine Spence abused the resident of
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