Lib Dems Unveil £40m Scheme To Give Everyone Access To An NHS Dentist
The Liberal Democrats yesterday unveiled plans which they claimed would ensure everyone in Scotland had access to an NHS dentist.
The Liberal Democrats yesterday unveiled plans which they claimed would ensure everyone in Scotland had access to an NHS dentist.
Patients who fail to turn up for appointments at Lothian hospitals and surgeries are costing taxpayers up to £13 million a year.
It is hoped a study into how the brain processes new information could help treat memory disorders. Edinburgh University research has looked into why people remember certain things and not others.
Read MoreA sex offender approved as a foster carer who then abused young girls in his care in Aberdeen has been jailed for three-and-a-half years. The man in his 50s, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found guilty of molesting three children in the 1990s.
{mosimage}After his trial, it emerged he had already been convicted for lewd and libidinous behaviour in the 1970s. His sentence was greeted with a round of applause from members of the public at Aberdeen Sheriff Court. The court heard how on separate occasions he had gone into the three girls bedrooms and sexually assaulted them.
Sheriff Colin Harris told him: “You have been convicted by the jury of serious offences against young girls entrusted in your care by the local authority. They were vulnerable, separated from their parents, and living with strangers, but you took advantage of them by preying on them and in doing so you breached their trust. There is no other alternative for the court but to impose a sentence of imprisonment.”
It emerged he had previously been found guilty of lewd and libidinous practices against a child in the 1970s. He was fined £80 after being found guilty of lewd and libidinous practices. Aberdeen City Council admitted it knew of the conviction when the man and his wife were approved as foster parents, but did not think he had posed a risk.
Read MoreBetter monitoring is needed to measure how effective homelessness prevention services are, Shelter Scotland has said. Shelter’s report has recommended that more efficient monitoring and evaluation is needed as there is little to help councils in measuring how successful their prevention programmes have been in providing lasting solutions.
Read MorePhil Robinson, Chief Executive of leading Scottish care charity Quarriers responds to Unison’s press release that it was to ballot staff to take strike action regarding pay offers.
Read MoreA Sheriff has come under fire for telling a drink-driver to find out how much alcohol he could get away with behind the wheel. Sheriff Robert McCreadie told James Thomson, who was in the dock: “What you should do, and the information is freely available on the internet, is find out how many bottles of beer you can drink and safely go on to drive.
Read MoreA diverse range of innovative social service projects and organisations have made the shortlist for Care Accolades 2007, the “Oscars” for the sector in Scotland. Now in its fourth year, the Care Accolades, organised by the SSSC in partnership with the Scottish Executive, is Scotland’s only established awards ceremony for the social service sector.
Read MoreA Glasgow priest who had sex with Angelika Kluk has admitted having another affair – with a church musician. Details of the sexual relationship between Father Gerry Nugent and Sarah Howie were revealed by the priest this afternoon at the High Court in Edinburgh.
Read MoreA big-hearted community has joined together to raise money in memory of murdered Glasgow gran Agnes Mechen. Friends and neighbours of 64-year-old – known as Nessa – organised a fundraising event in aid of National Missing Person’s Helpline charity which helped the family of the pensioner when she went missing from her Govanhill home.
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