Social care staff are to receive a pay rise to equal the real living wage in Scotland. The announcement was made at the daily coronavirus briefing, chaired by Scottish health
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A third Scottish care home has experienced a deadly Covid-19 outbreak, with nine elderly residents reportedly dying from the virus. Staff at Tranent Care Home (pictured) in East Lothian, which
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A care home has confirmed eight residents have died after showing coronavirus symptoms as it denied accusations of locking protective equipment away from staff. Management at Castle View Care Home
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A care home worker who died after contracting coronavirus spent her life “serving the needs of the most vulnerable in society”, her family have said. In a statement released through
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Scotland’s chief medical officer has resigned after being criticised for not adhering to social distancing advice by visiting her second home. Dr Catherine Calderwood apologised and was backed by First
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More than a dozen residents at a Scottish care home have died in a week and their families have been told of a possible link to Covid-19. A total of
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Construction of a temporary hospital in Glasgow to help cope with the Covid-19 outbreak is now under way. More than 400 contractors are working alongside nearly 150 clinicians and operational
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Fees paid to conduct background checks are to be scrapped for those being recruited to fight the coronavirus outbreak. Disclosure Scotland, which carries out the protecting vulnerable groups (PVG) checks,
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A children’s charity has reported a 1,100% increase in applications for its emergency cash fund during the first week of the coronavirus lockdown. Aberlour Child Care Trust said many families
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The Scottish Events Campus (SEC) will be turned into a field hospital and cancer screening programmes will be paused to help the NHS respond to the coronavirus crisis, Nicola Sturgeon
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