An inspection of services for children and young people in the Borders has identified areas of good performance but also made recommendations for improvement. The inspection was led by the
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Homelessness applications and the number assessed as homeless both reduced during 2015/16 according to a new publication by Scotland’s Chief Statistician. The Homelessness and Housing Options Statistics also show: A
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Babies were cremated along with unrelated adults over many years in “unethical and abhorrent practices” at Aberdeen Crematorium, according to a report. Dame Elish Angiolini looked at more than 200
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Controlling the immune response of people dying from cancer might help save them from pain, fatigue and loss of appetite, experts believe. Researchers hope that by using existing drugs to
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Fewer than one in 12 children in care leave school with one or more Highers, compared to three-fifths of all students in Scotland. In 2014-15, 60.2% of all school leavers
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Plans to create a new nursing support role risk “diluting” the profession and confusing patients, a medical conference has heard. The UK Government announced proposals in December to introduce nursing
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Funding cuts to public services are putting the health of the public at risk, leading nurses have warned. Almost four in 10 nurses have treated patients whose health has been
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Nicola Sturgeon has guaranteed to retain free tuition and bursaries for nursing and midwifery students in Scotland, branding UK Government plans to scrap them as “shamefully short-sighted”. The First Minister’s
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Pioneering community worker, activist, author, academic and social worker, Bob Holman, has died aged 79 after suffering from motor neurone disease. Bob spent his life tackling inequalities, resigning his professorship
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Hundreds of projects aimed at tackling inequality and discrimination are to benefit from more than £20 million in funding. Equalities Secretary Angela Constance said the money will be distributed between
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