The College of Occupational Therapists has launched the Living well Through Activity in Care Homes Toolkit.  The Toolkit has been endorsed by the British Geriatrics Society, Care Inspectorate,

If you would like to be funded to travel overseas to look at best practice and innovative programmes in the wide field of Medicine and Health, there is still time to apply for a life changing

The Medical and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority have issued a device alert for the following items.

The watchdog responsible for inspecting criminal justice social work in Scotland, the Care Inspectorate, today published its first annual report on Serious Incident Reviews.

The leaflet "Introducing Toothbrushing:  A guide for childminders"  has been published by NHS

A joint approach to the inspection of adult services is being undertaken by Healthcare Improvement Scotland in conjunction with the Care Inspectorate to examine the effectiveness of collaborative

The new issue of our Rehabilitation Consultant Newsletter for August 2013 has been published.

The Care Inspectorate today welcomed the findings from the “...

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) today issued a medical device alert relating to certain batches of ...

Over many years confusion has often arisen regarding the role of various organisations involved with new buildings designed for delivery of care.  

This was the theme at the Care Inspectorate's first event for young people at the Edinburgh Indoor Climbing Arena on 30 June 2013.

Care sector delegates, particularly care home managers or those involved in staff training are invited to request a place at the launch of this new oral health resource for care homes – and a new

The Care Inspectorate today published its response to the Scottish Parliament's Health and Sport Committee consultation on the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Bill.

Following the publication of the More Care, Less Pathway report, a

Now that Disclosure Scotland has capacity to carry out Protection Vulnerable Groups (PVG) checks on existing staff, the Retrospective Checks Project is making sure that care service providers

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) have issued the following medical device alert.

The Care Inspectorate welcomed new guidance from the Royal

The Scottish In-Car Child Safety Initiative explains the vital importance of a correctly-fitted child restraint and shows you how to find the best seat for your child's weight, height and

The second edition of this best practice statement has been published by Wounds UK 

Codeine should only be used to relieve acute moderate pain in children older than 12 years and only if it cannot be relieved by other painkillers such as paracetamol or ibuprofen alone.