A scheme to help children with mental health and behavioural problems, and their families, is to be extended. The Scottish Government is providing £200,000 of funding to extend the Functional
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Human rights concerns have been raised after new figures showed a rise in the use of compulsory powers under the Mental Health Act. Mental Welfare Commission data shows there were
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Talks have taken place between Scottish Government ministers and council chiefs after a review of childcare funding revealed an apparent £140 million underspend by local authorities. Over the period 2014-15
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The number of drug-related hospital stays rose by almost 500 in the last year, according to official figures. There were 7,537 hospital admissions with a diagnosis of drug misuse in
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More than 10,000 sex crimes were reported to Police Scotland in a year, despite recorded crime falling to its lowest level since 1974. New statistics show sex crimes, including rape
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People with mental health problems and other “invisible” illnesses worry about telling those around them about their conditions, a survey has found. Research published for Invisible Illness Week found that
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The search for Scotland’s most innovative and ambitious dementia projects is over with six groups from across the country now crowned as winners in this year’s Scotland’s Dementia Awards, at
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Nicola Sturgeon has pledged to listen to 1,000 young people as part of a project to improve the lives of children in care. The First Minister met with young people
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As a report from the Accounts Commission warns social care services in Scotland are “unsustainable”, the Scottish Association of Social Workers (SASW) has called for an “informed debate” on the
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Current ways of providing social work services are unsustainable in the long term, according to a report that found the annual bill has hit £3.1 billion in Scotland. The Accounts
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