The Scottish Parliament can and must do more to challenge extreme economic inequality in order to reduce poverty in Scotland and around the world, according to a major new policy
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Services for children and young people in Aberdeenshire are performing well but can improve further in key areas, inspectors have concluded. It follows a joint inspection of services across the
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A care centre for elderly people in Glasgow has been criticised in it’s first inspection by Scotland’s care watchdog. Hogganfield Care Centre has been ordered to make improvements after the
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Residents in North Ayrshire are encouraged to discover the range of health and social care services in the area by attending an in Irvine today. The CareNA (Care and Support
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Services for children and young people in Clackmannanshire and Stirling are improving, inspectors have found. A team of specialist inspectors from the Care Inspectorate and partner agencies returned to both
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A public inquiry into the historical abuse of children in care in Scotland will formally start its work today. The Scottish Government pledged to ”shine a light in the dark
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The scheme which allows people to be told if their partner has been violent in the past has been introduced in Scotland from today. Police Scotland’s Disclosure Scheme for Domestic
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Scottish Local Authorities received around 8,500 applications for homelessness assistance during April to June 2015, 7% lower than in the same period in 2014. However, the number of children in
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According to a new report by the Mental Welfare Commission (MWC), emergency detentions for older people have seen a sharp rise, while children with mental ill-health are increasingly not put
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The winners from the six categories of this year’s Scotland’s Dementia Award have been announced at an awards ceremony at the Marriott Hotel Glasgow. The awards, a partnership between Alzheimer
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