The new chairman of the public inquiry into the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic in Scotland has appointed four counsel. Lord Brailsford was appointed chairman in October following the resignation
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Students who have been in care are not being given the right support when deciding on their options for higher education, a new report has found. Some 60% of “care-experienced”
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Experts have hailed the “beginning of the end” in the search for effective Alzheimer’s treatments after a new drug reduced memory decline among patients with early stages of the disease.
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Abortion services “will be commissioned in Northern Ireland” before legislation relating to the formation of the Northern Ireland Executive passes through the Lords, Northern Ireland minister Steve Baker has told
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Almost two thirds of unpaid carers have had to stop working or reduce their hours so they can continue caring, research suggests. Unpaid carers are relying on food banks and
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Up to 100,000 nursing staff will take part in their biggest ever strike next month in a long-running dispute over pay, it has been announced. Members of the Royal College
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Lord Brailsford has “pressed the reset button” on Scotland’s coronavirus inquiry after it was plunged into crisis when the judge originally set to run it quit alongside four senior lawyers,
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A blunder at a lab which saw thousands of positive Covid-19 cases reported as negative could have led to the deaths of 20 people, according to new estimates. The error
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Proposals for a domestic abuse register have received a huge amount of support following a consultation, the Scottish Conservatives have said. Pam Gosal MSP’s Domestic Abuse Register Bill would introduce
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A charity is launching a “festival of kindness” to help the homeless this Christmas. The cost-of-living crisis has had devastating consequences for vulnerable people and those who experience homelessness across
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