A social worker involved in the case of murdered two-year-old Liam Fee has been removed from the care register. Lesley Bate denied multiple charges in a misconduct hearing relating to
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Scotland’s Social Security Secretary has called for “radical” reform of the personal independence payment (PIP) system across the UK. Angela Constance highlighted figures showing almost two-thirds (65%) of disabled people
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Councils should be legally compelled to provide flexible childcare, according to Scottish Labour. The Scottish Government provides 600 hours of free childcare but councils are under no statutory duty to
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The Education Secretary has pledged to tackle public mistrust of the controversial named person scheme as MSPs voted through orders to halt its introduction. The Scottish Government has been forced
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Scotland is falling behind other parts of the UK in caring for the mental health of pregnant women and new mothers, according to an expert group. The panel, which includes
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A nurse who survived Ebola has been cleared of misconduct over her return to the UK with the virus, saying she would never have knowingly put anyone in danger. Pauline
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Scotland is facing a “critical shortage” in social care staff which could be made even worse as a result of Brexit, Holyrood’s Health Committee has been warned. MSPs were told
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Young people in Glasgow facing the prospect of sleeping rough on the streets are to be provided an emergency bed for the night – in a volunteer’s home rather than
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Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey is facing a disciplinary hearing linked to her return to the UK with the virus. The case of the Scottish medical worker, who was infected with
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Scottish Labour has renewed calls for 16 to 18-year-olds to be exempted from having a named person ahead of a ministerial statement on the scheme. Deputy First Minister John Swinney
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