A senior NHS official has admitted some mental health patients can face “very, very long delays” before leaving hospital after it emerged 19 individuals have been waiting more than two
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A hospice was among those defrauded by a £2.5 million banking scam in the Scottish Highlands. The Highland Hospice lost a six-figure sum when the phone-based scam, known as vishing,
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A former social worker involved in the case of murdered two-year-old Liam Fee said she feels as if the blame for his death has been placed on her. Lesley Bate
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Young carers are to be asked their views on Scotland’s new welfare system. Social Security Minister Jeane Freeman (pictured) will hear directly from young people at a series of events
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Scotland is in the top 10 countries in Europe for levels of palliative care, although a new study has said there remains “room for improvement”. For the first time, academics
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A £7 million global research initiative aimed at cutting deaths from lung disease has been launched. Researchers aim to reduce the death toll from lung conditions as well as mitigating
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A nursing home’s ‘dementia champion’ has been struck off for verbally abusing a patient with dementia. A Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) hearing in Dundee heard how Marie McLaughlin, screamed
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Good progress has been made on improving services for children and young people in the Outer Hebrides, inspectors have said. Inspectors said partners had made significant progress in working together
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The integration of health and social care is underfunded and lacks a long-term financial strategy, a Holyrood committee has been told. The budget shortfall means the required shift in the
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A child abuser has been jailed after carrying out a “sickening” catalogue of offences across a decade. Thomas Nelson raped and sexually assaulted four children, beginning in the 1990s. The
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