A Scottish truth and reconciliation forum is to be set up to support adults who suffered childhood abuse, initially focusing on the needs of survivors of historic abuse in residential care.
 
The move was among a package of support for adult survivors of abuse committed while they were children in care announced by Children’s Minister Adam Ingram today.

In a move which sets out the Scottish Government’s commitment to confront the past abuse of children in residential care, Mr Ingram unveiled plans for:

– A Scottish truth and reconciliation model
– A national service framework to support survivors of historic in-care abuse
– Improvements to the residential child care system, including better staff training and development
– A review of the law to address shortcomings in public records held on children in care
– The specific remit of the joint Scottish Government and Glasgow City Council inquiry into abuse at Kerelaw residential school.

QUESTIONS over Fife Council’s new home care charges have been circulating for several months. In this exclusive one-to-one interview with the Fife Free Press,

Recruiting officers from an NHS board in England will travel north of the border this month in an attempt to poach Scottish nurses.

NHS FIFE paid out a record £1.7 million to patients who brought clinical negligence cases against the health board last year.

Pressure has mounted on Scottish ministers after a senior judge ruled that authorities acted unlawfully by refusing an official investigation into the deaths of two patients who died after being infected with hepatitis C through NHS blood transfusions.

Councillors could raise the price of care home services. Aberdeenshire Council will hold a meeting to discuss soaring costs.

Union leaders are to meet NHS Highland’s director of nursing amid growing concerns over a community nursing pilot project.

Care home residents are set to benefit from increased payments to cover the cost of free personal and nursing care.

A GROUND-BREAKING cancer care centre has opened in Scotland. The specialist unit is for patients with urological cancers – those affecting the kidney, prostate and testicles.

A package of cost-control measures has been put in place to tackle a £1.3m overspend forecast for social work services in Dumfries and Galloway.