A nursery has closed temporarily due to a “probable” outbreak of E.coli. The NHS Borders Health Protection Team said it is liaising closely with Cherrytrees nursery in Hawick and colleagues
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Services for older people in the Scottish Borders are improving, say inspectors after a follow-up inspection by Healthcare Improvement Scotland and the Care Inspectorate. A 2017 inspection had identified some
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Criminals undertaking community payback orders (CPOs) in the Scottish Borders have good relationships with staff but there are doubts about any benefits from the punishment, inspections have found. The management
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Poor standards of clinical practice at NHS Borders are putting vulnerable adults and children at risk, a senior staff member has claimed. Dawn Saunders, head of audiology at the health
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Since announcing last year that it would be closing 12 of its care homes, Bield has this month agreed a deal which sees residents and staff transfer in three of
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Health and social care services in the Scottish Borders are delivering some positive outcomes for some older people in the area, but there are also some key weaknesses in the
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An amnesty on care equipment has been launched in the Scottish Borders with people being urged to hand in items they no longer need. The Scottish Borders Health and Social
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A man who threatened to put intimate footage of a former partner online has become the first person to be convicted in Scotland under new tougher legislation. Kenneth Robinson, 59,
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A former soldier has been jailed for a minimum of 17 years for the murder of a man he believed had abused a woman he knew. Richard Cassidy, 70, was
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Young carers are to be asked their views on Scotland’s new welfare system. Social Security Minister Jeane Freeman (pictured) will hear directly from young people at a series of events
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