Scottish Government publish care home statistics
The Scottish Government has published Care Homes, Scotland, 2009, whcih presents the latest national figures on care homes for adults in Scotland.
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The Scottish Government has published Care Homes, Scotland, 2009, whcih presents the latest national figures on care homes for adults in Scotland.
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Scotland’s first helpline for men suffering from domestic abuse goes live today. Trained advisors are staffing the Men’s Advice Line – 0808 801 0327 – providing practical advice and emotional support to men who are abused by their partners.
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THE Western Health and Social Care Trust (WHSCT) have denied that a mental health ward at Waterside Hospital is to close despite fears of staff and a leading union representative.
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Glasgow’s pioneering model of merging social work and frontline healthcare to save hundreds of millions of pounds is on the verge of collapse, The Herald can reveal.
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A study carried out by the autism charity, Treehouse, has revealed that there is a lack of understanding among the general public about autism.
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BATTLING villagers in the Neath Valley are hoping silence is golden in their fight to save a care home for the elderly from closing. They staged a silent demonstration outside Trem-y-Glyn in Glynneath as social services chief Tony Clements arrived to explain to home residents and their families why Neath Port Talbot Council wanted to shut it.
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A CRUEL social worker who humiliated an incontinent disabled man with spiteful jibes and refused to help him when he wet himself has been struck off the social care register.
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The Borders Voluntary Community Care Forum (BVCCF) is currently carrying out a survey of all those who receive a home care service through the local authority, including services provided by independent home care providers as well as the social work department’s own in-house home care service.
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An older people’s champion is calling for a radical £7bn overhaul of the social care system to support the UK’s ageing population. Philip Spiers is campaigning for a revolutionary NHS-style system following research by Saga Magazine which predicts that 300,000 50-year-olds will celebrate their 100th birthday – a staggering 26-fold increase compared with today.
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Plans to build a £5m care home, training and management hub in Larbert, near Falkirk, have been lodged. Avondale Care Scotland Ltd said the proposals included a 60-bed nursing home and headquarters for the firm.
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