ELDERLY people in the Highlands are paying thousands of pounds more to live in local authority care homes than in other parts of Scotland.

Scotland’s Chief Statistician today published Children’s Social Work Statistics Scotland, No.1: 2012 Edition.

PEOPLE in Wester Ross are being asked to have their say next week on the local implications of a major care shake-up.

The Commission on Improving Dignity in Care has published its draft report and recommendations, submitted for public consultation and certain to be a key topic of debate for the care sector as the Government moves closer to deciding on whether to implement the Andrew Dilnot reforms outlined last year.

Councils and health boards are failing to ensure vital care services can be delivered in the future, Scotland’s public spending watchdog has warned.

LITTLE over a year has passed since the Highlands’ two largest public sector organisations announced an overhaul of how they would organise their care staff.

Scots receiving health and social care are among those being urged to make their views known to the Health and Sport Committee today as the committee launches its call for evidence on the Social Care (Self Directed Support) (Scotland) Bill.

Scottish parents are facing some of the highest childcare costs in Britain, according to two children’s charities.

The Scottish Association of Social Work (SASW – part of BASW) has urged the government to embrace flexible and creative solutions to public sector reform in order to ensure the best possible outcomes for service users.

A new partnership is being formed to support efforts to give people who receive social care increased independence and the ability to direct their own care needs.