A respite unit in Dumfries and Galloway has been praised by Scotland’s social care watchdog after it received top grades at two consecutive inspections. Station Brae Respite Unit in Newton
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Ofsted has found that outstanding leadership in Cafcass has led to a wholesale transformation in organisational culture, radically improving the services children and families receive, and has steered the organisation
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An independent Aberdeen school kindergarten which is to close this summer amid an investigation has been given the lowest possible grade for quality of care. The Care Inspectorate graded the
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The inspectorate for healthcare and social care began consultation on proposals to change the way in which care services in England were regulated, inspected, and rated. Proposals included: the introduction
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An Aberdeen care home has been told it must improve the care it provides to residents, following an unannounced inspection by Scotland’s social care watchdog. Inspectors from the Care Inspectorate
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An independent Aberdeen school which has been at the centre of an investigation is to close this summer. Last month, the Care Inspectorate said it had received complaints about “staffing
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SCOTLAND’S social care watchdog has demanded urgent changes at a Glasgow out of school care service. The move follows concerns about the quality of care provided to children at
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The care of children is being investigated at the Waldorf School Kindergarten in Aberdeen. This latest investigation, by the Care Inspectorate and Education Scotland, comes after another private school in
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Scotland’s social care watchdog says people across the country are more aware than ever of their rights when it comes to complaining about services. The regulator, which scrutinises care services
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Staffing levels at a care home in Oxfordshire could affect patient safety, an inspection has found. The Piggy Lane unit for adults with learning and physical disabilities in Bicester was
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