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Scottish colleges provide 1,800 places for course to help boost number of carers

Scotland’s colleges are hoping a new online course will help boost the number of people working in the social care sector. There will be 1,800 funded spaces for the new Introduction to a Career in Social Care online course, which is designed to ...

07 Apr 2022 at 01:25

Scotland

Sturgeon warned of ‘serious risks’ without urgent action to improve social care

Nicola Sturgeon has been urged to take quick action to increase pay in the social care workforce, after a report said the system needs urgent improvements. During First Minister’s Questions, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said there are ...

27 Jan 2022 at 14:55

Scotland

Holyrood launches inquiry into Scotland’s health inequalities

Health inequalities in Scotland will be the subject of a Holyrood inquiry, with MSPs looking at their causes and how to tackle them. The Health, Social Care and Sport Committee has launched an inquiry into the structural inequalities of ...

11 Feb 2022 at 01:25

Scotland

Parents of disabled children ‘felt abandoned’ during lockdown, MSPs told

Families of disabled children felt abandoned during the coronavirus-induced lockdowns and fear the ramifications of more restrictions, MSPs have heard. Various services supporting children and their families were stopped during the ...

18 Jan 2022 at 13:55

Scotland

Raise income tax by 1p to pay for social care, think tank says

Income tax should increase by 1p to pay for improvements to adult social care in Scotland, a think tank has said. Reform Scotland said the temporary income tax rise should be introduced to pave the way for a social insurance model ...

29 Dec 2021 at 01:25

Scotland

Care companies warn they face unprecedented staff ‘mass exodus’

Companies providing care services have warned MSPs they are facing a “mass exodus” of staff amid unprecedented pressures on their workforce. A group of care companies and other organisations said many care workers were leaving ...

29 Nov 2022 at 13:25

Scotland

More than 10,000 people waiting for care at home or to be assessed for help

Campaigners have called for urgent action to tackle “shockingly high” waiting lists for social care as new figures show more than 10,000 Scots are either waiting for a package of help to be put in place or to be assessed. ...

25 Jul 2023 at 21:24

Health

Lung health charity calls for inequalities and poverty ‘to be tackled head on’

People with lung conditions in Scotland are twice as likely to need emergency hospital treatment if they live in poverty, research suggests. The figure, calculated using hospital admission data released by NHS Scotland, ...

19 Jul 2023 at 00:01

Scotland

Ban on disposable vapes may not go far enough to stop vaping, minister told

A ban on single-use vapes may be insufficient to tackling the rise in youth vaping, a Holyrood committee has warned. The Health Social Care and Sport Committee has written to public health minister Jenni Minto to ...

17 Jan 2024 at 21:36

Scotland

Almost one in five care homes close in past decade, figures show

Almost one in five care homes in Scotland has closed its doors in the past decade while the number of residents has fallen by just 6%, new figures indicate. Statistics published by Public Health Scotland on ...

21 Nov 2023 at 13:06

Scotland

‘Pre-death grief’ training urged for carers of dementia patients

Healthcare workers should be trained in “pre-death grief” while supporting families of dementia patients, according to new guidance. Healthcare Improvement Scotland’s guideline, which is the first in ...

16 Nov 2023 at 00:01

Scotland

Charities feel used by ‘backroom’ national care service deal, committee told

Charities supporting those with lived experience of social care feel “used” by a “backroom” partnership national care service deal by the Scottish Government, Cosla and the NHS, a Holyrood committee ...

31 Oct 2023 at 22:37

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