COUNCIL bosses insisted they were still prepared to talk to unions after an estimated 150,000 local government workers today staged a one-day walkout over pay.

A national plan to improve palliative care provision has been promised by the Scottish Government after concerns over treatment for the terminally ill.

Opposition councillors in Fife have joined forces to call for a review of home-care services in the region.

A COUNCIL is having to re-think plans for five new care homes for the elderly because of doubts over the cost.

A SUPPORT group for people with chronic and debilitating fatigue has accused NHS Lothian of “burying” a report that criticises the way sufferers are cared for within the health service.

A follow-up report after a highly critical study of social services in south west Scotland has found progress has been “slower than intended”.

Minister for Public Health Shona Robison today announced the re-appointment of a non-executive member to The Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care.

A LOTHIANS care home has been told to make urgent improvements after an investigation by the Care Commission uncovered “serious” concerns about care quality.

THE Scottish Prison Service has insisted it has the right facilities in place to tackle a vast majority of medical conditions – including mental-health illnesses such as dementia.

OLD FOLK in a care home were left without heating and hot running water for six weeks, it has emerged.