Angus child inspection report proves positive
ANGUS child protection services have received a positive inspection report from Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (SCSWIS).
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ANGUS child protection services have received a positive inspection report from Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (SCSWIS).
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Social care funding needs fixing, the head of England’s largest housing association, Jane Ashcroft, tells David Brindle
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Local infrastructure body believes more charities would then win service delivery contracts
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Elderly and vulnerable people will face increased costs to their care as councils face budget cuts. More than 80 per cent of councils are increasing care charges, according to a survey carried out by shadow health minister Emily Thornberry.
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A 12-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of rape, police said last night. The boy was taken into custody in Paisley after allegedly attacking a girl, also aged 12, on Saturday.
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TREATED with disrespect by staff, handed out-of-date medicines and dressed in other residents’ clothes – the nightmare faced by more than a dozen people at a care home in Weston.
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SOARING numbers of Yorkshire’s most affluent residents are seeking treatment for alcoholism caused by drinking at home to cope with increasing levels of stress.
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Transferring social care from councils to the NHS could cost more than £300m, according to the organisation representing Scotland’s 32 local authorities.
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MORE children are reporting assaults by members of their own family, new figures show. And charities warn that the increase in violence could be down to growing financial pressure within families.
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THERE must be “total clarity” in the regulation of Scotland’s care sector to avoid a repeat of the errors which led to the Rosepark tragedy, a charity for the elderly has warned.
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