It was astonishing that the Health and Social Care Partnership, an arm’s length quango in partnership with the council, had decided Meallmore was being fit a proper company to take care of elderly residents.
Category: Special Features
VIRUS: NICOLA ‘SPEAKING AS A HUMAN BEING’
Not a day goes by—probably not an hour goes by right now—when I do not question myself and agonise over the decisions that we are taking, in order to ensure that we learn as we go and that we get decisions as right as possible.
TOWN DOCTOR WAS THE INSPIRATION FOR THE NHS
A plaque and a portrait in Dumbarton Library is not sufficient tribute to Cronin, who was born in a cottage in Cardross and lived in Round Riding Road, Dumbarton.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
I am sure everyone feels the pain of social distancing and we are all looking forward to the day when we can greet and hug again those members of our families and friends from whom we have been forced to keep at a distance.
COUNCIL POLICIES THAT KILL LOCAL PAPERS AND EXPLOIT CARE WORKERS
McColl and his cronies have a sin to answer for, but they are saying nothing. Their motto, after mediocrity, is “whatever you say, say nothing”.
JOAN EARDLEY PAINTINGS CAPTURE OUR PAST
Townhead, like the Vennel in Dumbarton, where Eardley produced her works most faithful to realism, was bulldozed in the 1960s and no longer exists.