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Instead of dipping in and out of families' lives at times of crisis, the service is about supporting families from the very early stages and throughout their lives.
A recent legal challenge to Scottish local authorities by the Equality and Human Rights Commission about the need for parity to be reached between children living in kinship and foster care has meant that we need to plan a course of action.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 December 2014
Almost 640 individuals covered by our public sector pay policy will directly benefit from the increase in living wage from £7.65 per hour to £7.85 per hour.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
3 October 2014
The Single Gene Complex Needs (SGCN) service, which works primarily with adults living with rare diseases of single gene origin throughout Scotland, supports individuals and their families to manage their care needs in their local communities.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 February 2014
The Scottish Government’s 20:20 vision for health and social care, puts primary care firmly at the heart of its ambition to ensure that people are able to live longer and healthier lives. As part of the local delivery planning process, health boards have been asked to provide strategic assessments of primary care.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
3 December 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how much people from other European countries living in Scotland have contributed to the economy in each of the last five years, broken down by country of origin.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
8 November 2013
This compares to £6,052, £6573 and £5338 for students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland respectively who are living at home, and £7,177, £7,736 and £6,428 for students who are living away from home.
To ask the Scottish Government how dental services are provided to older people who live in care homes. Dental services are provided to older people who live in care homes as follows: For an older person registered with a dentist under NHS arrangements who subsequently becomes resident in a care home, the dentist c...