A care watchdog has launched legal action seeking to cancel a care home’s registration due to “serious and significant concerns” about the quality of care The Care Inspectorate has applied
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Establishing a National Care Service can be one of Holyrood’s “biggest ever achievements”, Nicola Sturgeon has said. Announcing the Programme for Government, Scotland’s First Minister confirmed plans to create a
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The number of children and young people waiting a year or more for specialist mental health care has increased by almost 115% in the last 12 months – with “frightening
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Boris Johnson is forcing Scottish workers to pay for social care reforms in England via his own “poll tax”, the SNP has claimed. The Prime Minister told MPs the proposed
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Domestic abuse charges reported to prosecutors in Scotland are at their highest level in five years, with cases rising during the first coronavirus lockdown. Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
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Councils paid out nearly £28 million in total due to evictions from social housing in 2019-20, new research estimates. A study by Liverpool University, commissioned by homelessness charity Shelter Scotland,
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Nicola Sturgeon will include plans for free wraparound childcare for the lowest income families as she seeks to build a “brighter and fairer” Scotland in the wake of the coronavirus
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A court has temporarily suspended a care home’s registration after a watchdog raised “serious concerns” about the quality of care during an inspection. The interim suspension of the registration of
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Almost 300 new ambulance staff are to be recruited as part of efforts to remobilise the NHS and ensure the service is “ready for the challenges ahead”, Health Secretary Humza
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Council leaders have voiced “real concerns” about the impact of Government proposals for a National Care Service on Scotland’s local authorities – at the same time as warning changes could
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