SUICIDES in Scottish prisons are believed to have quadrupled in the past three years, prompting calls for better provision of mental health support for a growing number of vulnerable prisoners.

BORDERS users of Choices Care have been promised their services will be retained – despite the firm going into administration, writes Kenny Paterson.

In her first interview, children’s panel chief Bernadette Monaghan tells Stephen Naysmith why the system is being improved

The north’s top social work official has left local people in no doubt that while the Beachview Unit in Brora, which provides day care services for adults with learning disabilities, may not be in line for closure, its role WILL definitely change.

PEOPLE in Helensburgh are to have a say on the delivery of social work services over the next five years.

A CRISIS card has been launched to give support to people whose thoughts may turn to suicide.

A £25,000 rescue package is being prepared by Angus Council for a project which helps to get the area’s vulnerable citizens on their feet when they hit personal problems.

It’s as far from the sea as you can get, but for years the mast and rigging from a sailing ship was on prominent display at a home for orphans.

Recommendations from a recent report on public services will accelerate Scotland’s plans to join up health and social care

Fife’s SNP social work spokesman has hit back in the row over the future of council-run care homes, accusing the main opposition party of “hypocrisy and double standards” by continuing to criticise the plans.