The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC), in partnership with the Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland (CELCIS), are inviting child care professionals along to a series of
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New standards for NHS Scotland aim to improve the care of older people in hospital. A key goal of the standards is strengthening the involvement of patients and carers in
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An Edinburgh care at home service has been told it must make “significant improvements” by Scotland’s social care regulator. The Care Inspectorate served a formal Improvement Notice on Allied Healthcare
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Police in Scotland are reportedly investigating a historic complaint against Labour peer Lord Janner. The investigation relates to claims that Lord Janner took a boy north of the border in
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A project by Age Scotland to improve the health and wellbeing of older men in Scotland is set to receive a boost of £50,000 to roll out across Scotland. The
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Health spending should be diverted to improving social care for the elderly, according to the body representing independent care services in Scotland. Scottish Care has called on politicians to tackle
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A former children’s care home worker has been jailed for 13 years after being convicted of a catalogue of abuse on vulnerable boys in Ayrshire. Brian Newman, 58, denied abusing
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Aberdeen City Council has launched a £3million overhaul of social work services that will cut down on red tape and allow staff to spend more time with families. The local
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The Churches Child Protection Advisory Service (CCPAS) has today called on the Scottish National Inquiry into Historic Child Abuse to include within its remit abuse which involved churches. CCPAS say
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The Scottish Government has called on the UK Government to clarify the extent of its proposed £12 billion welfare cuts and urgently outline how they will impact on Scotland’s new
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