THE family of a dementia patient who died at a nursing home yesterday demanded to know why he lay in agony for seven hours waiting for an ambulance.

Work is set to start on a new “health hub” in the Scottish Borders after the award of the tender for the first phase of the project.

The Scottish Government has pledged to reduce the time it takes to find a permanent home for children who need care.

Almost £14m in public money is being used over the next four years to improve services used by people with autism and Asperger Syndrome.

Anne Sinclair was drinking as her mother had been diagnosed with dementia, her brother had died and her dog had passed away.

Barnardo’s Scotland had stopped 15 years ago but rise in number of children requiring adoption led them to relaunch service.

SCOTLAND’s care watchdog may have to rehire staff it has made redundant in a desperate effort to plug a shortfall of inspectors.

A DEPRESSION charity that faced closure because of a funding crisis is celebrating after winning a reprieve.

Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations publishes data alongside new State of the Sector report that finds a quarter of charities north of the border have reduced in size

The number of Dundee children in council care has reached a record high of more than 700.