A centre for sexual assault victims has been praised by the Justice Secretary as a “beacon” of the model he would like to see across Scotland. The Meadows, based at
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A former pupil of a private boarding school has told how he was sexually abused by another student and beaten so frequently his “buttocks were always bruised”. The man, who
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A total of six residents have died at a care home amid a coronavirus outbreak. The operator of Caledonian Court care home in Larbert (pictured) said the deaths occurred in
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A group of criminals have targeted several care homes across the Central Belt and west of Scotland. Between June 17-20, 10 break-ins have taken place at premises in Lanarkshire, Glasgow
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A NHS Forth Valley nurse who failed to report an allegation a vulnerable three-year-old girl was being sexually abused has been struck off. A Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) fitness
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Inspectors have today reported key strengths in the way children and young people in need of care in Stirling are cared for but older care leavers were not always consistently
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A new inspection of health and social care in Perth & Kinross published today has reported integration has been ‘slow to progress’ and ‘structures and processes had not been developed
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On the day he is due to die at Dignitas a terminally ill man has made a final plea to politicians to enable people in his situation to end their
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A care home in Falkirk must make urgent improvements in the care experienced by residents, inspectors have said. The Care Inspectorate has served a formal Improvement Notice on Southfields care
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A review of mental health provision at a young offenders institution where two people took their own lives has found the “risks and vulnerabilities” of some inmates are not given
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