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Arbroath care home worker given three-year warning after abusing three residents with dementia
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Care home worker given warning after abusing three residents with dementia

West Lothian retirement home residents ‘terrified’ after ‘stabbing’ and months of disorder
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Retirement home residents terrified after 'stabbing' and months of disorder

Blue Ribbon Healthcare's ratings suspended after ITV News exposes alleged abuse
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Blue Ribbon Healthcare's ratings suspended after ITV News exposes alleged abuse

SNP attacks Burnham for leaving party out of talks on English social care
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SNP attacks Burnham for leaving party out of talks on English social care

A sword, cocaine, abuse: Inside 'nightmare' care company for disabled people
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A sword, cocaine, abuse: Inside 'nightmare' care company for disabled people

European watchdog calls for ban on face-down restraint of children in Scottish secure care
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European watchdog calls for ban on face-down restraint of children in Scottish secure care units

Girl’s plea to be moved out of secure unit housing teen male offenders rejected
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Girl's plea to be moved out of secure unit housing teen male offenders rejected

‘Significant concerns’ at Skye care home where 11 died during Covid pandemic
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'Significant concerns' at care home where 11 died during Covid pandemic

Social workers taking children home due to ‘acute shortage’ of accommodation
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Social workers taking children home due to ‘acute shortage’ of accommodation

Care worker struck off after murdering wife at North Berwick home on New Year’s Day
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Care worker who murdered wife in New Year's Day knife attack struck off

Aberdeenshire care home worker struck off after stealing £1,140 from vulnerable resident and employer Bredero
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Care home worker struck off after stealing £800 from resident

Social care worker in Glasgow struck off after abusing vulnerable man and making racial and sectarian slurs
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Care worker abused vulnerable man in his home and uttered racial and sectarian slurs

Families struggling as one in five Highland children grow up in poverty
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Families struggling as one in five Highland children grow up in poverty

Social worker from Kilmarnock avoids strike-off after ‘sexually harassing’ three female colleagues
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Social worker avoids strike-off after 'sexually harassing' colleagues

Parents plea for respite centres to stay open across Edinburgh and the Lothians
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'This is a lifeline for families': Parents plea for respite centres to stay open

Concerns over shortage of foster places in Western Isles
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Concerns over shortage of foster places in Western Isles

Edinburgh care worker given warning after repeatedly using racist slur
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Care worker given warning after repeatedly using racist slur

Scotland set to miss 2030 child poverty targets, IFS report says
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Scotland set to miss 2030 child poverty targets, IFS report says

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