Care Plea Over Proposed Cuts
A leading care charity has called on elderly and vulnerable people across East Lancashire to voice their concerns over proposed social services cuts.
Read MoreA leading care charity has called on elderly and vulnerable people across East Lancashire to voice their concerns over proposed social services cuts.
Read MoreMany people with early dementia are capable of driving safely, say researchers in this week’s BMJ. Society’s perception of older drivers tends to be negative, write Professor Desmond O’Neill and colleagues. Yet surveys of drivers aged more than 80 consistently show prudent driving behaviours.
Read MoreAbout 1,200 prisoners are to be freed later ahead of their scheduled release date as part of the government’s attempt to ease prison overcrowding. The offenders are being let out
Read MoreCouncillor Elaine McDougall, Glasgow City Council’s Executive Member for Social Work Services, has commented on the publication of the Social Work Inspection Agency’s report on social services within Glasgow.
Read MoreNew research released by ‘see me’, reveals that Scotland has taken significant steps towards tackling the stigma of mental ill health. The findings are contained in ‘A Fairer Future: Building Understanding – Moving Forward Together’.
Read MoreNeighbouring local authorities should pool their Supporting People cash to fund services for vulnerable people who move across borough boundaries, a senior government official has urged.
Read MoreTwo senior officials at the government agency meant to safeguard patient safety in the NHS have cost the taxpayer more than £640,000 in early retirement payments, ministers have admitted.
Read MorePlaying chess, reading newspapers and engaging the brain in other tasks can significantly reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease in later life, according to a study.
Read MoreA Sheriff yesterday criticised the Home Office for not deporting a failed asylum seeker who was later caught handling a record haul of raw opium.
Read MoreA growing number of attacks on Polish bar workers is being blamed for race hate crimes rising to record levels in Edinburgh.
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