The Independent Care Review has today called for a radical overhaul of Scotland’s ‘care system’ and published, for the first time, the human and economic cost of the current provision
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The End follows a family of three generations trying to figure out how to die with dignity, live with none and make it count. Georgia Humphreys asks star Dame Harriet
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According to independent research commissioned by Hft, a national charity supporting adults with learning disabilities, one in five organisations reported offering care to fewer individuals as a means of balancing
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In the UK, the debate around so-called Asian grooming gangs and the sexual threat they pose to vulnerable white girls shows no sign of abating. A leaked report produced by
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Listen and learn were the watchwords for a new review which aims to transform how Scotland deals with the consequences of family breakdown, writes Ewan Aitken. On 5 February, the
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Three quarters of social care professionals believe class is an issue when it comes to securing a new job, with one in four saying they’ve been discriminated against because of
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A national campaign to increase the adult social care workforce in Scotland has been launched today by Health Secretary, Jeane Freeman and Children and Young People Minister, Maree Todd. The
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The Care Inspectorate and Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) has published new figures on the levels of staff vacancies in Scotland’s social care services today. The report comes as the
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Amazon’s virtual assistant Alexa is to offer information to people with sight loss as part of a new scheme. The technology company has worked with the Royal National Institute of
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Gaming companies risk “setting kids up for addiction” by including gambling tasks in their video games, the director of mental health for the NHS said. The firms should either ban
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