A fifth of staff working at the Scottish Parliament have experienced sexual harassment or sexist behaviour, a survey has found. A confidential survey of more than 1,000 employees last year,
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A care home for older people in Dunoon, Argyll, has been told to make urgent improvements in the care provided to residents. The Care Inspectorate has served a formal Improvement
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The Care Inspectorate has applied to the courts to close down a care home in Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire, in order to protect the health and safety of residents. Lawyers
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The Scottish Government has confirmed it will set a minimum price for alcohol of 50p a unit, despite concerns from some it could see the policy’s effectiveness “considerably reduced”. It
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The health and social care partnership in North Lanarkshire is laying down “strong foundations” to support more integrated working, inspectors have found. They praised a number of important strengths in
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Fresh insights into changes in the brain linked to depression could pave the way for new treatments, according to scientists. Their study also sheds light on why a particular category
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The Scottish government has given an organisation more than £860,000 to increase outdoor learning for nursery children. Announcing the £862,550 for Inspiring Scotland, Childcare and Early Years Minister Maree Todd
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Education Secretary John Swinney has been asked to detail meetings between government officials and witnesses to a Holyrood committee regarding named person legislation. The written request comes after Mr Swinney
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Councillors have approved plans to provide free school meals 365 days a year to children from low income households to help tackle “holiday hunger”. North Lanarkshire Council agreed to expand
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A project to take 600 people out of homelessness by offering them a secure home is being launched by a social enterprise. Social Bite said the programme is being largely
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