Scots aged over 65 would receive free residential care under a Scottish Labour government, leader Anas Sarwar will say at his party’s conference. Under the party’s plans, health consequentials provided
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Scotland’s Justice Secretary has admitted hundreds of criminals may now be out of prison despite the risk they pose to the public being wrongly calculated. The risk posed by convicted
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Families looking to adopt a child will be able to do so more quickly owing to new Government funding, it was announced on Thursday. The Government said it will invest
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Peers have thrown down the gauntlet to the Government in demanding better workforce planning in health and social care, amid warnings of a staffing crisis. Inflicting a defeat on the
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Health Secretary Sajid Javid has said the NHS must stop using energy supplied by the Russian-owned firm Gazprom. A senior government source told the PA news agency that Mr Javid
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Apologising to care home staff following the Government’s U-turn on mandatory vaccination “doesn’t feel like the right thing to do”, the care minister has said. Gillian Keegan (pictured) said the
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Scotland will send half a million items of medical supplies to Ukraine to help those “fighting a battle for democracy and freedom” against the Russian invasion, Nicola Sturgeon has said.
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Peers have defeated the Government in demanding that powerful new care bodies have a mental health “voice”. The House of Lords backed by 162 votes to 147, majority 15, a
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Nicola Sturgeon has called on the UK Government to waive all visa requirements for any Ukrainian nationals fleeing the Russian invasion and seeking refuge in the UK. In a letter
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Patients will “pay the price” for the Health Secretary’s “failed negotiations” with the Treasury to cover ongoing Covid costs, Labour has warned. Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting told MPs it
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