SCOTLAND’S largest council is expected to axe one thousand jobs as it looks to save close to £50m from its budget over the next two years.

FORMER carers of a pensioner who died amid a probe into the standard of at-home support he received have told how the private firm behind his care package had failed him.

THERE is a postcode lottery of care for children who suffer from epilepsy, senior doctors have warned. The standard of care patients receive is “variable”, according to the first national audit of epilepsy services for young people.

A campaign group fighting the proposed closure of a Dundee adult learning centre is set to meet with the city’s leading social worker.

Sickness absence cost Angus Council more than £4 million last year, with stress on the increase.

The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) and IRISS are working together to develop new solutions to the challenges facing the sector’s workforce.

The winners of the very first Scotland’s Dementia Awards have been announced.  From the original 120 plus applications for the event, narrowed down to just three outstanding shortlisted initiatives for each category, we can now reveal the winners of the six main awards.

WORKERS at a council-run Lanarkshire care home are under investigation over allegations of neglect.

Health boards have been given a £9.1 billion budget boost to fund services in 2013-14. The funding for the 14 territorial health boards represents a real-terms rise of 3.3% on the previous year, the Scottish Government said.

Police are appealing for information following a bogus caller incident in North Berwick yesterday.