Anna Fowlie, CEO at the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) has recently blogged on the ‘Re-imagining’ project, explaining more about it, where they currently are with it, and what is

Social work staff in the north-east were off sick for an average of more than a month each last year, it can be revealed.

PLANS to integrate health, education and social care services in the Highlands have been agreed.

A council in Bedfordshire has increased its spending on social care by 12%. Central Bedfordshire Council said grant income had allowed it to increase its funding despite it estimating at one stage it would reduce its budget by 11.4%.

Around 300 staff providing care for the most vulnerable learning disabled people in the Borders are facing a pay cut.

Elderly people living in a care home have been given just 12 weeks to move out after its owners decided to close it.

Students and staff fighting to save a nursing school from closure have presented a petition to university leaders in support of their cause.

The British Red Cross is launching a valuable new service on Bute for people receiving care and those who look after them.

Press offices across the Union are rife with debate over Scotland’s political future, after the SNP’s historical election victory last week saw the party achieve an unlikely majority in Holyrood, but independence aside the care sector will be bracing itself to see if the new Government can live up to quite a significant list of electioneering promises.

A DISGRACED councillor yesterday admitted cruising in a red light district while trying to find a prostitute.