A new academic report commissioned by Scottish Care, entitled ‘Home Delivery: A profile of the care at home sector in Scotland 2015’ was launched on 5 June 2015 at Scottish Care’s annual National Care
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A doctor who received a concerned phone call from a teacher about a pupil shortly before the boy was murdered felt it did not appear “urgent”, a disciplinary panel heard.
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The Church of Scotland’s social care arm, CrossReach, has recognised the contribution its workforce at an event at the Church of Scotland Assembly Hall in Edinburgh this week. Workers from
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A housing support service in Airdrie has received top marks from Scotland’s social care regulator for the second inspection in a row. Inspectors gave Monklands Women’s Aid marks of ‘excellent’
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A Mental Health Foundation-run support project in Wales has been awarded the national quality mark by Public Health Wales. The Self-management and Peer Support project gives people living with mental
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An elderly cancer patient who spent his last days in avoidable agony and a mother who was forced to call an A&E doctor from another hospital ward as her son
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The Health and Social Care Information Centre on Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) has released quarterly figures for January – March 2015. The data shows 119 out of 152 councils
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The UK’s largest arts training scheme for young people with sight loss, a computer programme supporting adults with learning disabilities and a ‘transformative’ care initiative for people with dementia are
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Patients receiving care from commercial providers of out-of-hours care report poorer ratings of care when compared with not-for-profit or NHS providers, a new study has shown. In the first study
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The head of the British Association of Social Workers has warned against the care of vulnerable people being “handed over” to private companies. Bridget Robb said social work was facing
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