The Mental Welfare Commission has launched a new campaign to explain the power of attorney to hospital ward staff, care home staff and GPs across Scotland. More and more people
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Scottish Care has announced the finalists for their annual awards which will take place this Friday at the Hilton Hotel Glasgow. The Awards form part of the organisations ‘National Care
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George Clooney has swapped the glitz and glamour of Hollywood for a humble sandwich shop which helps the homeless. Rather than the red carpet, he walked the cobbles of Edinburgh’s
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An expert board tasked with combatting violence against women and gender inequality has met for the first time this week. In a significant step in taking forward the Scottish Government’s
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Scotland is leading the way in alcohol policy in the UK while the Westminster Government “comes out worst” on almost all such measures a new report has found. Academics from
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Pauline Cafferkey, the nurse who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone, has been released from isolation after being treated for meningitis caused by the deadly virus. The 39-year-old Scot,
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Cardiff Metropolitan University recently teamed up with Alzheimer’s Scotland and the University of Dundee to run a creative community event on the Scottish island of Tiree. Prof Cathy Treadaway and
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A joint inspection of services for older people in the Shetland Islands has found that while services are generally good, there is a struggle to ensure consistant care due to
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It is “verging on the patronising” to suggest Holyrood is not capable of holding power of abortion law, Scottish Secretary David Mundell has insisted. The cabinet minister clashed with former
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A new group has been announced to help develop the Scottish Government’s plans to significantly expand early learning and childcare. The announcement was made by the Children’s Minister Aileen Campbell
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