Children’s services for those most at risk are on a “dangerous footing” charities have warned, with Government cuts being blamed for funding being slashed. Councils have had less money to
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Scotland will become the first country in the world to introduce minimum unit pricing for alcohol. Supreme Court justices gave their backing to the controversial measure in what ministers in
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The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) CEO, Dr. Ruth Allen, has warned the Government that we are facing “generational trauma” for children who are stuck in poverty and increasingly
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Welfare assessors could be given access to claimants’ medical records in a bid improve the service, the Work and Pensions Secretary has told MPs. David Gauke also said that meetings
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Brexit could have “serious implications” on Ireland’s struggling health workforce, one of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) top officials has warned. Jim Campbell, director of the WHO’s health workforce department,
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A Holyrood committee has hit out at the “unacceptable” lack of information on the £8 billion plus budgets spent by integration authorities (IAs) on health and social care. MSPs on
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Councils are urging Chancellor Philip Hammond to use this month’s Budget to stabilise the “perilously fragile” situation in social care. An extra £1.3 billion is needed from the Treasury to
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Millions of pounds is being wasted on reassessing people with Parkinson’s for benefits even though their condition will never improve, campaigners have warned. Analysis by Parkinson’s UK suggests it will
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Scotland is taking a “bolder and more focused” approach to tackling fuel poverty, Housing Minister Kevin Stewart said. The Scottish Government missed its target to eradicate the problem by 2016,
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Highlands and Islands MSP Maree Todd will be appointed as the new minister for childcare and early years following the resignation of Mark McDonald over “inappropriate” behaviour. First Minister Nicola
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