Scotland’s independent social care watchdog, the Care Inspectorate, has published two new reports into services for children and young people in two local authority areas. The reports are the
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New investment by the government in Scotland could create as many as 2,000 full or part time childcare jobs, according to a Member of the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish government
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A care worker who robbed an elderly client has refused to carry out unpaid work in the community. Fiona Cummings, 45, declined to show up for work and claimed she
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A man spent the night in police cells after an error by a member of Dundee City Council’s social work department, the city’s sheriff court has heard. Local newspaper, The
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Professor Jonathan Chick has been appointed as the new medical director of addiction specialist, Castle Craig. Professor Chick is an eminent consultant psychiatrist with a distinguished career in the National
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A “cruel” nurse who falsely accused her grandfather of rape in a bid to claim inheritance money has been jailed. Natalie Mortimer, 25, sparked a police investigation when she claimed
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Hundreds of Scotland’s most vulnerable young people are to be given greater rights to continuing their care placement into early adulthood from next year, the Scottish Government has announced. From
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The Scottish Government has announced that supervisors in care at home and housing support services will have to register with the Scottish Social Services Council, beginning in June 2014. Precise
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A £1.35 million unit for young people with cancer has been opened by the Duchess of York. The new facility, created by the Teenage Cancer Trust in partnership with NHS
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Work is set to begin in the new year on three new community health centres in the NHS Lanarkshire area. The centres, which will have a combined cost of £51m,
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