THE DEATH toll from an outbreak of flu at a Dundee nursing home has risen to seven, NHS Tayside has revealed.

Victims of domestic abuse and their children in Badenoch and Strathspey could be put at even greater risk after funding from the Scottish Government was withdrawn, it has been claimed.

THE Scottish Social Services Council, the social service workforce regulator, and the Care Inspectorate, the social care scrutiny and improvement body, have worked together to produce a joint leaflet, Looking after your care, which provides information on the role both organisations have in improving the quality and standards in care services.

A MAN has paid tribute to his aunt who died in an influenza outbreak at her care home which has now claimed seven victims.

More than 1,400 adult care staff at The Highland Council have today been transferred to the NHS as part of Scottish Government plans to integrate social and health care provision.

A TIME capsule was buried in the grounds of Tynepark, a Haddington-based mental health resource centre, which will close its doors this weekend.

A TOTAL of 27 residents of a care home have been affected by a flu outbreak that has killed six elderly people.

SCOTLAND is soaring ahead of the rest of the UK in the diagnosis and treatment of people with dementia, according to the latest UK dementia map.

Holly Loudoun was forced to her knees and hit repeatedly as three teenagers discussed what they would do to her.

ONE of Scotland’s leading housing and homelessness support services has been praised by the Care Inspectorate for its high standards and for achieving positive outcomes for the families and individuals it works with.