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THE National Care Service (NCS) should be decentralised and pay for carers raised to £15 an hour, SNP leadership contender Kate Forbes has said.

Did decisions made by the former health secretary lead to more care home deaths? We should already know, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Carer’s Allowance is set to be replaced by a new devolved payment at the end of this year.

The messages confirm what public health advisers knew: that during the Covid-19 pandemic ministers weren’t ‘following the science’ at all, says Prof Devi Sridhar

Fewer than 800,000 births were recorded in Japan in 2022 for the first time since the government began compiling relevant data. In the last 30 years or so, the government has been strengthening measures to deal with the situation, but it has been pointed out that the measures do not…

Britain’s former health minister is denying wrongdoing after a newspaper published extracts of private messages he sent in the first weeks of the coronavirus pandemic

Former health secretary Matt Hancock denied overruling clinical advice recommending comprehensive testing for people going into care homes.

The news, broken to senior staff yesterday, has sparked a furious reaction with critical care beds set to move to Crosshouse.

The Royal College of Nursing and Unison is recommending members take the latest deal from the Scottish Government

The birthing suite at Galloway Community Hospital in Stranraer has been closed since 2018

Research has been carried out to look at the most expensive places to place your child in for nursery care across the nation. Edinburgh comes in at second top for the most costly area.