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‘I never realised how much hospices do until I experienced one myself’

'I never realised how much hospices do until I experienced one myself'

Foster system across Scotland ‘on its knees’ as carers cut back on food and energy

Edinburgh & East

Foster system across Scotland 'on its knees' as carers cut back

Councils facing ‘impossible’ task of finding accommodation for homeless refugees

Councils facing 'impossible' task of finding accommodation for homeless refugees

Edinburgh & East

Carer crashed car into house and posted video of elderly woman on Snapchat

Edinburgh & East

Nurse who left elderly woman in chair for 24 hours suspended

More than £10,000 raised for family of ‘gentle’ dad killed on walk home

More than £10,000 raised for family of 'gentle' dad killed on walk home

Welfare guardianship orders in Scotland at record high of almost 18,000, Mental Welfare Commission figures show

Number of Scots living under welfare guardianship 'reaches record high'

Applications open for Carer Support Payment set to be paid out to more than 80,000 Scots in pilot

More than 80,000 carers to receive new benefit as pilot launched

Scottish mum reveals she had to leave her career behind in order to afford childcare for her son

'I had to leave my career behind to afford childcare for my son'

Artificial intelligence could cut the number of elderly people falling at home, claims Cera

AI 'could cut the number of elderly people falling at home'

Decision to cut funding for female offender charity Turning Point 218 in Glasgow branded ‘scandalous’

Turning Point 218: 'Women need it, there's no other place like this'

Care worker pay rise a ‘sticking plaster’ over problems faced by sector, Erskine homes chief warns

Carer pay rise a 'sticking plaster' over problems faced by sector

Carer stole £300 from patient and used their bank card to buy takeaway

Edinburgh & East

Carer stole £300 from patient and used their bank card to buy takeaway

Homelessness in Scotland surges above pre-pandemic levels

Homelessness in Scotland surges above pre-pandemic levels

Dundee health and social care partnership overspent by £2m on agency staff

North East & Tayside

Health and social care cash reserves needed to pay £2m agency staff bill

Over £1m improvements needed at two Edinburgh care homes brought back in-house to council

Over £1m improvements needed at two care homes brought back in-house

‘Worrying trend’ sees complaints against Scottish care homes double in ten years

'Worrying trend' sees complaints against care homes double in ten years

Dying for care: At least 1,300 people die waiting for care package

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