THE new chief of Inverclyde Community Health and Care Partnership has been appointed, it was announced today.

CARE inspectors need to be praised for the important role they play in ensuring that our most vulnerable citizens receive quality care and support, Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said.

The UK double-dip recession and changes to the benefits system could act as a “barrier” to the Scottish Government’s homelessness targets, according to MSPs.

SCOTS with learning disabilities should have improved access to expert learning nursing and support, a newly published report has said today.

PERTH’S Wonderland Nursery has been upgraded by high-level inspectors. The Whitefriars Crescent-based nursery, which is owned and managed by Little Einsteins Kindergarten Limited, caters for babies and children aged up to 14 years and can accommodate 180 children at any one time.

A disability charity is calling on the Scottish Government to give a guarantee on concessionary travel, regardless of changes being made to the welfare system at Westminster.

SCOTLAND’S justice system is “broken” and needs an urgent and radical overhaul if the problem of prison overcrowding is going to be tackled, according to the head of a leading rehabilitation charity.

AN easy access point in Blairgowrie for support and information to help people with dementia has proved a welcome addition to services provided locally.

SCOTLAND’S only all-female prison should be demolished and replaced with a smaller specialist jail for high-risk women offenders, a report commissioned by the Scottish Government has recommended.

A Dundee care home officer was rightly sacked for smoking on duty and trying to cover up her behaviour, an employment tribunal has ruled.