A TOTAL of 21 social work centres and offices are to be shut down by the City of Edinburgh Council, with thousands of staff allowed to work from home in a bid to save £18 million.

The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) has been working in partnership with NHS Education for Scotland to help develop their new online qualification search tool  — the VQ Finder.

Public sector bodies in Scotland may struggle to make the required savings to their budget this year, risking the future delivery of effective public services, auditors are warning.

PLANS for West Dunbartonshire Council to merge services with other local authorities are set to be scrapped.

There has been a failed attempt to prevent any Dundee councillor from attending a conference.

THERE were 74 children in Angus on the Child Protection Register in March – a drop of 18 on the previous year, Angus Council social work and health committee heard at their meeting on Thursday.

AN ELDERLY woman with dementia was locked for between two and three hours in a storage area known as “the attic” in a Dundee care home, a hearing was told yesterday.

A series of health and safety failings has been uncovered during an audit of Dumfries and Galloway social services.

Highland Council has awarded the contract for home-based respite services to an Edinburgh charity

ANGUS Council social work and health department’s annual report highlighted improvements across a range of services and showed a significant drop in the number of complaints received, the committee heard at their meeting on Thursday.