Social Care

A recent Care Inspectorate report on Waverley residential care home in Galashiels, operated by Scottish Borders Council, has highlighted several important strengths which Inspectors acknowledge are having ...

Revised plans to build a 66-bed care home on the site of a former bowling and tennis club in Glasgow. Northcare (Scotland) Ltd submitted a second bid to ...

The Scottish Government's proposals for a National Care Service will mean diverting urgently needed funding for social care towards disruptive structural reform rather than improving services, COSLA ...

Professionals in the elderly care sector and local councils could have key decisions taken away from them under the Scottish Government’s recent proposals on Co-design and National Care ...

Tenants at a housing development in St Andrews have been advised that the development will close in 12 months as it can no longer meet upcoming changes ...

Responding to a call for evidence from the Scottish Parliament’s Health, Social Care and Sport Committee, CIH Scotland has raised some concerns about the lack of detail ...

Plans for a new National Care Service (NCS) and the impact on families and staff are worryingly unclear, according to South Lanarkshire Council. The warning comes from ...

Glasgow City Council has worked with housing, health and social care partners to develop a draft Housing Contribution Statement (HCS) for the city. The HCS will be ...

The Scottish Government’s plans for a National Care Service as they currently stand will not work for service users or communities, according to local government body COSLA. ...

A developer has returned with new plans to build a 66-bed care home on the site of a former bowling and tennis club in Glasgow. Northcare (Scotland) Ltd wants ...

The Scottish Government’s approach to its new National Care Service has been declared “untenable” by Scotland’s largest trade union body. Launching its report ‘Profiting from care: why ...

Susanne Flynn from CIH Scotland considers the role of housing in the Scottish Government's forthcoming health and social care strategy for older people. Many of us will ...

The Scottish Government has consulted on a new health and social care strategy for older people which aims to address gaps in the provision of health and ...

Legislation to establish a National Care Service for Scotland (NCS) will ensure the best possible outcomes for people accessing care and support and end the ‘postcode lottery’ ...

A survey is now open for members of the public to give their views on the Integration Scheme for the Perth & Kinross Integration Joint Board. The ...