The quality of care and support Shelter Scotland provide has been highly commended by the Care Inspectorate – the independent scrutiny and improvement body for care and children’s services. The
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A nursery in Aberdeenshire has been told it must make urgent improvements or face the cancellation of its registration to operate. The Care Inspectorate has served a formal improvement notice
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Scots housing and care provider Bield has been awarded funding to help it introduce and boost initiatives that directly improve the lives of older people across Scotland particularly for those
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Between June 2014 and April 2015, The Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services (IRISS) led a project to explore the perceptions of, and approaches to, innovation in homelessness
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A housing support service in North Ayrshire has been given top marks in an inspection by the Care Inspectorate. It is the second inspection in a row where inspectors graded
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A joint inspection of services for older people in Falkirk has highlighted areas of good performance and also made recommendations where further improvements can be made. The report follows a
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In Scotland more and more adults are now living with long term, often progressive, conditions involving specific palliative care needs. The future provision of palliative and end of life care
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Fulfilling the dreams of children with life-limiting illnesses can empower them and their families and could have an enduring positive impact, according to new University of Stirling research. The three
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A “pay rise” for Britain with the surprise announcement of a new national living wage has been branded a “con trick” by Scotland’s Deputy First Minister. In the first Conservative
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The former Chief Executive of CHILDREN 1ST, Anne Houston OBE will receive an Honorary Doctorate from University of the West of Scotland (UWS) at its graduation ceremony today, at Thomas
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