Raeside Chisholm Solicitors Blog

A leading elderly care watchdog has warned that severe cuts to the UK budget could lead to a severe decrease in the quality of elderly care.

The body representing independent care services have called for health spending to be frozen and the subsequent funds diverted into improving care for the elderly.

One of the UK’s largest care providers, Mitie's has been accused of not been paying staff the minimum wage. The news comes following a BBC report that stated the chief executive of the company was due to answer government officials over the allegations.

Scottish health boards should be prosecuted when preventable deaths occur, or patients are harmed according to the parents of a girl who was killed as a result of health failings.

New statistics has shown that 87% of patients are seen within four hours of waiting at most Scottish hospitals, meaning that the government are falling short of their waiting time goals.