Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon has marked the beginning of construction at a new £12m health centre in Edinburgh.

The Scottish Human Rights Commission has rejected any UK government plans for a new UK Bill of Rights.

INSPECTORS have returned to a children’s care home a year after it was branded the “worst in Scotland”, following a new complaint.

POSITIVE talks are underway for a Stirling “care village” – despite no funding currently being in place.

A STEWARTON woman has been honoured for her work with vulnerable children at an awards ceremony in the House of Lords.

FEARS of a new care crisis in Scotland were sparked last night after a business that provides homes for around 500 elderly residents collapsed.

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.