SOCIAL workers are to consider strike action over stress and overwork amid concerns that staff shortages and budget cuts could lead to new child protection failures. The move by public-sector

A HEALTH board is striving to find alternative accommodation after a Skye care home suddenly announced to its five residents and 14 staff it is to close. A local councillor

A special summit examining how best to protect children when they are online is being organised by the Scottish Government. Ministers hope the event will help protect youngsters as well

Patients with multiple sclerosis and other neurological diseases are to benefit from a research clinic that will be officially opened later. The Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic at the University

A former charity boss has gone on trial accused of sexually assaulting six women. Ian Paterson of Tarves, Aberdeenshire, was the chief executive of Aberdeen Council of Voluntary Organisations when

Failings in the care of a teenager who killed his foster carer have been revealed by a review of the circumstances surrounding the case. Dawn McKenzie, 34, was repeatedly stabbed

A review of the care given to a boy who killed his foster carer has found some failings but concluded her death could not have been anticipated or prevented. The

Legislation aimed at improving the lives of children and young people is “inhibited and inward looking” and displays a reluctance to engage with international human rights, MSPs have been told.

Prisoners in Scotland’s newest jail carried out 165 assaults on fellow inmates and staff last year. An inspection report on Low Moss Prison in Bishopbriggs shows in 2012-13, there were

Motherwell is consolidating a global reputation for supporting people with dementia following another high profile visit from overseas. Earlier this year a delegation from Norway’s national Health Association visited the