Staff shortages within the NHS risk undermining the Scottish Government’s £100 million cancer strategy, a new report has found. A review of the five-year plan at its half-way point found
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An agreement in principle has been reached in a bid to bring an end to Glasgow’s long-running equal pay dispute. Susan Aitken, the leader of Glasgow City Council, confirmed the
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The work environment at Oxfam is marked by “racism, colonial behaviour and bullying behaviours”, according to a new report. The interim report produced by the independent commission, set up by
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Childcare workers have suffered a real terms pay cut of 5% in recent years, in “stark contrast” to wage rises of 2.5% among women employees generally, according to a new
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Recruiting and retaining staff was a “huge challenge” for some residential care establishments in the past, an academic has told a child abuse probe. The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry heard
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More than half of care homes for adults and older people plus care at home services have vacancies, a new report indicates. The joint report from the Care Inspectorate and
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The Care Inspectorate and the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) have published new figures on the levels of staff vacancies in Scotland’s social care services. This report provides a national
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More than one in three workers are dissatisfied in their jobs, partly because of poor relationships with their managers, according to a new report. Research suggested that a lack of
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If you work in social care, chances are high that you once chose your profession out of a genuine desire to help other people. It’s an advantage you have over
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A health trust has been fined £300,000 after two nurses were stabbed by a patient at a medium secure psychiatric unit. The staff suffered life-threatening injuries when patient Myha Grant
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