4 h. ago Scottish Labour pledges to tackle corridor care with more social care packages

The party proposes buying hundreds of temporary care home places so that patients who are medically fit can leave hospital while waiting for permanent support.

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45 h. ago East Whitburn care home resident’s dream comes true with special trip to Celtic Park football stadium

At HC-One Scotland’s Redmill Care Home, in East Whitburn, West Lothian, the care team helped make a resident’s wish come true to visit Celtic Park football stadium to watch his beloved team play.

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3 d. ago Scots care worker caught smoking cannabis with vulnerable resident struck off

The Aberdeen care worker was found to have formed a close bond with a vulnerable resident before she was struck off by the SSSC.

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4 d. ago Jamaican drug dealer avoids deportation after pledging to only smoke cannabis

Jamaican drug dealer Shawn Rickford McLeod, 40, appealed his deportation under Article 8 of the ECHR

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4 d. ago Jamaican cannabis dealer avoids deportation after telling judge he'll 'only smoke' it

Shawn Rickford McLeod, 40, was originally handed a deportation order after being jailed for three years and four months for supplying class A drugs.

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4 d. ago 30,000 people per year wouldn’t receive hospice care without gifts in Wills

New data from Hospice UK highlights the critical importance of legacy gifts in Wills in keeping our nation’s hospices going.

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4 d. ago Scottish rugby legend toasts the launch of care home facility

Care home residents scrum together for brand-new pub opening

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