A ‘lifesaving’ social work team at the Sick Kids has been saved after Edinburgh councillors reversed a decision to scrap it.

Council officers had told staff the team would be disbanded in early September, despite city councillors instructing them to not make a decision on it without consulting them first.

Now, after a vote on Tuesday, the team’s place is again secure, with councillors also making clear they expect all of the team’s vacant posts to be recruited into.

SNP councillor Euan Hyslop, who put forward the motion to keep the team in place at the education committee meeting, said he was glad that the ‘incredible’ service was saved.

He continued: “Like the staff, and families who rely on this service, I’m incredibly relieved that common sense has prevailed.

“The physical pres

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