Nicola Sturgeon has pledged to look into reports that a lack of care staff on a Scottish island has left a frail 90-year-old woman unable to get the help she
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An agreement in principle has been reached in a bid to bring an end to Glasgow’s long-running equal pay dispute. Susan Aitken, the leader of Glasgow City Council, confirmed the
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Recruiting and retaining staff was a “huge challenge” for some residential care establishments in the past, an academic has told a child abuse probe. The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry heard
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More than half of care homes for adults and older people plus care at home services have vacancies, a new report indicates. The joint report from the Care Inspectorate and
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The UK Government has “picked the pocket of the health service” in Scotland, with funding claimed to be £55 million lower than promised. A “disappointed” Jeane Freeman told MSPs the
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The Scottish Government has been urged to review how local authorities are supporting children and young people with complex and high level needs. It comes as part of a campaign
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Doctors have urged the Scottish Government to bring back a “life-changing” procedure for stroke patients that removes blood clots from their brains. Medics say the thrombectomy surgery, which is available
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Charities have welcomed the decision to make a “truly life-changing drug” for women with breast cancer available on the NHS in Scotland. Perjeta, which is also known as pertuzumab, can
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A man killed himself after his allegations of being sexually abused as a child in care were dismissed by police, a former director of Barnardo’s Scotland has claimed. Hugh Mackintosh
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A former senior boss at Barnardo’s in Scotland has admitted some of the organisation’s previous practices for children in residential care were “not good enough”. Speaking at the Scottish Child
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