Tag: social care
Investigation launched into care home consultation “sham”
Claims Edinburgh Council officials attempted to override a decision taken by the board which oversees health and social care services in the city.
Councillors said “serious questions” needed to be answered after it emerged the remit...
£8.5million Musselburgh care home warned to improve services or face being struck off
A nursing home which faced being cancelled from the care register after complaints about staffing levels and a lack of healthcare were upheld has been given more time to improve – despite only meeting...
Thistle to trial new training academy
Edinburgh charity Thistle is trialling a ten week course for those who are considering returning to work in social care - or who are starting out in the sector for the first time.
The...
Care staff welcome shopping vouchers from Blackwood
Specialist housing and care provider Blackwood has purchased shopping vouchers as a thank you to its social care staff.
Each of Blackwood’s 284 care staff across the country received a £90 Aldi voucher to help...
Bield’s tenants handbook is a model to follow
Scotland’s leading care and housing provider which has its HQ here in Edinburgh are predicting they will have a ‘publishing hit’ on their hands when they launch of their new Tenant Handbook this month.
Bield...