Fife Council has paved the way for the privatisation of all of its residential care homes in what opponents have described as “an affront to democracy.”

Health and social care services in Scotland will work closer together as the country faces soaring bills to look after its ageing population, the Scottish Government is expected to announce today.

A care home assistant stole a 92-year-old patient’s life savings and used it to buy designer clothes and takeaway meals for her friends.

Three leading charities have announced swingeing job losses, as the scale of the impact of central and local government cutbacks on Scotland’s voluntary sector begins to become clear.

New plans for fast-track post-court procedures will see low-level offenders sent out to repay their dues to the community within hours of being sentenced.

Justice officials must urgently address a lack of strategy in delivering social work services in Scotland’s jails, inspectors have warned.

BASW Scotland has become the Scottish Association of Social Work in response to members’ calls for a stronger identification with our country’s unique social work system.

After months of discussion the future of several under-threat Fife Council care homes will be decided next week.

A Highland Perthshire nursing home has received the lowest mark possible following an unannounced inspection by Scotland’s care watchdog.

Carers Scotland study finds that carers are twice as likely to be hit by illness and disability as the rest of the population