The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will today highlight efforts being made to help and support young people with mental health issues during a visit to Dundee. William and Kate,
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Almost 1,100 jobs are to go at one of Scotland’s biggest councils under plans to plug a £68 million black hole in its budget over the next two years. North
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The Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability (SCLD) has launched a new performance improvement resource for service providers. Progress in Personalisation is a self-assessment framework that helps provider organisations measure the
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To mark the start of National Care Leavers Week 2015, a major project to support young care leavers in Scotland has been announced today. The Scottish Care Leavers Covenant asks
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NHS 24 has apologised to the daughter of a woman who committed suicide after her final cries for help were downgraded to a three-hour wait by call-centre staff. The woman,
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The GMB union has claimed that a shortage of staff providing home care for some of the most vulnerable people in the Highlands has left the services at breaking point.
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A PhD student from Glasgow Caledonia University is looking to recruit some older people from care homes and/or care at home to be involved in a study on stroke survivors if they would
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Minister for Sport, Health Improvement and Mental Health, Jamie Hepburn has announced the appointment of Susan Douglas-Scott as the new chair of ILF Scotland as well as the appointment of
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Two panel members have been appointed to Scotland’s Historic Child Abuse Inquiry by Education Secretary Angela Constance. Glenn Houston and Professor Michael Lamb will undertake the important work of the
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The next steps in preventing and eradicating hate crime in Scotland have been discussed at a Scottish Government summit. Hosted by the Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs, Paul
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