Quarriers looks at closing school and two homes
Social care charity, Quarriers, is consulting on the closure of two children’s homes and a school. The charity said they were looking at shutting Seafield School in Ardrossan, Merton House
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Health Secretary dismisses NHS review calls
The Health Secretary has dismissed calls for a full-scale review of the health service in Scotland as “absurd”, despite Labour claims that he is ignoring concerns over the state of
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Home care company expands into Easter Ross
Highland Home Carers, one of Scotland’s leading independent providers of care for elderly and disabled people, has opened of a new Invergordon office. The company, originally established in 1994, now
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National strategy needed to tackle child sexual exploitation
Scotland lacks a clear strategy to tackle child sexual exploitation. This is just one of the key recommendations from a report issued today by the Scottish Parliament’s Public Petitions Committee.
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Pentland Hill Nursing Home: Report sent to fiscal
Police investigating four deaths at a private care home have submitted a report to the procurator fiscal. The development follows a joint investigation by Police Scotland and the Health and
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Rise in child sex abuse reports, warn NSPCC
An increase in the number of reports of child sex abuse last year has prompted a charity to repeat its campaign urging parents to address the issue with their children.
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Glasgow homecare staff strike over pay
Care workers at Scotland’s largest council have gone on a two-day strike over changes to pay and conditions. Trade union Unison said its members were striking after they failed to
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Children’s Bill amendment attempts defeated
The Scottish Government has rejected opposition attempts to bring forward legislation for its own childcare plans and to end “discrimination” in the provision of free nursery care. SNP politicians backed
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Watchdog publishes two new reports on children’s services
Scotland’s independent social care watchdog, the Care Inspectorate, has published two new reports into services for children and young people in two local authority areas. The reports are the
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New funding could create 2,000 childcare jobs in scotland
New investment by the government in Scotland could create as many as 2,000 full or part time childcare jobs, according to a Member of the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish government
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