Union leaders have urged Highland Council chiefs to meet them urgently to discuss what they describe as the “shambles” in the region’s home-care staffing.

A MASSIVE shake-up of Inverclyde Council will see jobs axed and the management structure radically revamped as bosses attempt to save £28 million.

THE Scottish care home attended by two teenage girls who leapt to their deaths from a bridge had more than 900 police call-outs over the last three years, it was disclosed yesterday.

Pioneering developments in the field of personal social care was highlighted at a special lecture in Edinburgh on November 11.

Social work chiefs in Aberdeen want the city to become the first in Scotland where drug addicts can get heroin on the NHS.

MEASURES introduced to ease the pressure on Highland Council’s social work budget are “beginning to have a positive impact”, despite the department facing a predicted £3.9m shortfall.

A PLEAN carer is to be recognised as one of the top carers in Scotland at a prestigious awards ceremony celebrating the best the industry has to offer.

About 150 people, service users and carers, protested today noisily in front of Edinburgh City Chambers against the privatisation of the care and support services. The final decision on the competitive tendering processes is planned to be made on 19th of November. The protesters called to stop the selling off of this vital service to private companies.

PRESSURE is mounting on the city council over its controversial decision to change the care packages of 800 vulnerable people.Two large-scale protests have been planned because of the re-tendering plans, while national organisations have joined in the criticism of local authority chiefs.

A new system to check that people are safe to work with children and vulnerable adults was announced by the Scottish Government yesterday.