The Care Inspectorate has launched ‘How well are we improving the lives of children and young people?  A guide to evaluating services using quality indicators’.

THE ONLY local authority run care home in Brechin, St Drostan’s House, is to close, Angus Council has announced.

Concerns have been raised about the care of residents at an Aberdeen home.

An action group is making a last-ditch attempt to persuade Dundee councillors to save the Kemback Street centre.

DEPUTY First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced extra cash for housing and money to help 100,000 vulnerable people as she demanded the Chancellor change tack on the economy.

Health secretary Alex Neil has pledged to maintain free personal care for the elderly and free prescriptions.

A pioneering programme helping young parents give their children a healthier start in life is to be rolled out across Scotland.

In light of a government report showing human trafficking on the rise in the UK, the Scottish Association of Social Work criticised a High Court ruling allowing a couple to keep a Nigerian baby despite tests showing they are not the child’s biological parents.

Mindreel, the database of films about mental health, has been completely overhauled and redesigned to firmly establish its place as an important and invaluable educational resource.

Social work services in Dumfries and Galloway are facing another potential overspend just days after securing emergency funding of £600,000.