The Covid-19 pandemic is amplifying the disadvantages faced by children across the UK, the nation’s children’s commissioners have warned. They also warn that Brexit poses significant challenges to the rights
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A “total cultural shift” is needed in the care home sector to make it a more decent place to work, according to a new report. The University of the West
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Scotland’s care watchdog has launched legal action which could force a care home to close over safety concerns. The Care Inspectorate said an inspection at Thornlea Nursing Home in Loanhead,
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Nicola Sturgeon has admitted more needs to be done to tackle drug deaths in Scotland as her Government was accused of cutting rehabilitation services “to the bone”. The First Minister
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One of Scotland’s largest independent care home operators is expanding following a £41 million backing from HSBC UK. Inverness-based, Meallmore Limited will use the funding to purchase two new sites
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Latest figures which show Scotland has again recorded a worse drug-death rate than any other EU country are a “national tragedy and disgrace”, according to a charity. National Records of
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Domestic abuse is the “main cause” of women becoming homeless, according to a new report by the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) Scotland and Scottish Women’s Aid. With not all
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The first care home resident in Scotland to be vaccinated against coronavirus has said it was “wonderful” to get the jab before Christmas. Annie Innes, 90, was one of dozens
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The Crown Office is investigating 16 deaths at two care homes in Aberdeenshire. Reports have been received by the procurator fiscal about seven fatalities at Inchmarlo House Care Home, near
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New legislation passed by Holyrood is an “important part” in putting victims first after rape and other sexual assaults, Health Secretary Jeane Freeman has said. She spoke out as MSPs
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