PLANS to build a multi-million pound care home in a Scottish town have prompted calls for local authorities to prove their projects are value for money.

A HARD-fought campaign to build a new health centre came to an end when Scotland’s health secretary officially opened its doors.

AN ABERDEEN social work boss is facing trial accused of assaulting a woman twice in two separate incidents, the Evening Express can reveal.

Aberdeenshire Council has begun searching for a developer to build a £7million “care village” in a north-east town.

ELDERLY residents living in Grant House and the Wade Centre have finally been given assurances by Highland Council they can remain in their present homes for a long time to come.

Care providers throughout the Highlands are being invited to attend an event in Inverness highlighting a new, flexible way of providing social care services, which puts the person receiving care more in control.

A new centre designed to offer adults with complex learning difficulties the chance to meet new people and take a break in new surroundings has opened its doors in Edinburgh.

BASW Scotland has raised concerns that proposed legislation that would allow people to request an assisted death lacks safeguards.

A FRESH bid has been submitted this week to build a 90-bed private care home for the elderly in Fort William, just months after the plan was thrown out by councillors who branded the proposed building an “institution”.

ARGYLL and Bute’s foster care strategy is working. Since the scheme was introduced in 2008, the number of foster carers has increased dramatically.