A new, five-year strategic plan to tackle drug and alcohol misuse is to be unveiled by the Salvation Army. The announcement, to be made in Stirling, will detail the charity’s

A review into whether people are being denied funding for nursing care has been announced by the health secretary. It follows a BBC Scotland investigation which discovered thousands of people

Home care staff are having to be bussed in to some areas of North-East Fife due to a shortage of local workers. Despite the recession, Fife Council is struggling to

MORE THAN a quarter of children in Dundee are living in poverty, new figures have shown. • More than a quarter of children in Dundee living in child poverty, new

A care home nurse who was convicted of attacking a 98-year-old resident has been struck off. Stephen McMahon was previously found guilty of assaulting three residents at Torbrae Nursing Home

HEALTHCARE for children with heart defects should be merged with adult services to improve safety and address ongoing staffing concerns, according to Scotland’s medical watchdog. Health Improvement Scotland said Yorkhill

CALLS for a dedicated Victims Commissioner to be established have been rejected by Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill. He insisted setting up such a post would duplicate the “excellent” work of

Angus Council has been slammed for cutting in half the number of hot meals it delivers through its meals-on-wheels service. Pensioners’ relatives have criticised the council’s decision to drastically cut

Aberdeen City Council’s Director for Social Care and Wellbeing, Fred McBride, has taken up a new post in the Republic of Ireland. Mr McBride is set to become Chief Operations

The Scottish Association of Social Work is seeking nominations for the 2013 Wilma MacDonald Award – SASW MHO of the Year, with the winner set to follow in the footsteps