A ‘lifesaving’ social work team at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People (RHCYP) has been retained 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 position is again secure, with councillors also making clear they expect recruitment to follow for all of the team’s vacant posts.

Cllr 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 said: “Like the staff, and families who rely on this service, I’m incredibly relieved that common sense

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