Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Social Work contact centre is expanding its services. Following a successful move to introduce a Social Work specialism to the council’s contact centre, the trained call
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The growing demand for foodbanks is “inextricably linked” to welfare reforms, charities have told MSPs. Holyrood’s Welfare Reform Committee heard how thousands more people have turned to voluntary organisations for
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A care home that has been repeatedly told to clean up its act has been criticised by care inspectors again – after they found bottles of alcohol lying near residents.
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The three-year-old boy found dead in a Fife woodland in January died of internal bleeding, the autopsy report has revealed. Mikaeel Kular’s death certificate was released yesterday by the registrar
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Scotland is facing a “humanitarian crisis” caused by poverty, according to a coalition of charities. The group estimated that more than 870,000 people are living in poverty as it launched
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Thousands of homes could benefit from a £60 million fund aimed at cutting fuel poverty, Housing Minister Margaret Burgess said. The cash, part of the Home Energy Efficiency Programme for
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A campaign is being launched this week to improve the diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis, a painful disease linked to infertility. Medical experts will raise awareness of the condition, which
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The Accounts Commission said it is seriously concerned about South Ayrshire Council’s lack of progress in addressing long term weaknesses. Its findings are in response to a report from the
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One in every ten people in the West of Scotland is living with the effects of chest, heart or stroke illness – a worrying figure which has led Chest Heart
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Health and social care services are to be ‘joined up’ in an attempt to allow more people to be treated at home. The Scottish Parliament has passed substantial legislation which
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