The finalists of the eighth annual Scotland’s Dementia Awards have been announced. The awards, which are a partnership between Alzheimer Scotland, NHS Education for Scotland and the Scottish Social services
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A man and a woman have been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 14 years each for murdering a vulnerable woman, who they should have been caring
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A couple convicted of murdering a vulnerable woman for whom they claimed to be carers will return to court for sentencing. Margaret Fleming, who had learning difficulties, vanished “from the
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A religious order that ran a childcare home in Fife has admitted the institution had a “framework” which allowed abuse to take place. The comments came during closing statements in
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Politicians and medics are calling for an urgent overhaul of drug policy after new figures indicated Scotland’s drugs deaths are at their worst level since records began, with the highest
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Witnesses who have been “infected and affected” by the contaminated scandal have shown “impressive dignity, courage and resilience”, the inquiry chair has said. At the conclusion of the two-week hearing
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A baby has died after choking on food at nursery. The 10-month-old boy was being cared for at Bright Horizons Nursery in Corstorphine, Edinburgh, on Tuesday when the incident happened.
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“Lost or destroyed” hospital records of a patient believed to have been infected with hepatitis C during an operation prevented him from receiving compensation, an inquiry has heard. A groin
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A new report has revealed that the volume of complaints received by the Care Inspectorate has increased from 4,089 received in 2015/16 to 4,940 in 2018/19. However, the Care Inspectorate
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An organ donor who was infected with HIV from a contaminated blood transfusion after a fatal crash passed on the virus to all the recipients of his donated kidneys, heart
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