Scottish Social Care

Registered health and social care services in Scotland are inspected and regulated using the National Care Standards. These are also used by service users and their carers in choosing and…

On Monday 11 January 2016 the BBC broadcast a Panorama program concerning the Medway secure centre for young people in South East England. An undercover reporter who had been employed…

The Herald newspaper recently posted an article about a person who had long term problems with prescribed medication. The lady has launched a video and a petition to the Scottish…

Scottish care services, independent and Council-run, together with the local area Health boards services across the country, are working through an exciting and challenging time of change. The integration of…

‘Candour’ is defined as openness and truthfulness. In the context of care services, it has been put forward as a duty for health and care services to be open and…

It’s that time of year again – low temperatures and poor weather increases the demand on hospital A&E admissions. And government targets for treatment and discharge are missed. The BBC…

New models of care are being implemented in the care of the elderly in Scotland. The focus is changing to providing care in the community through combined health and social…

Although the causes of all forms of dementia are not fully understood, experts are now homing in on obesity, diabetes, and sugar in our diets, as significant factors. Professor Craig…