Key funding described as a “lifeline” for the social care sector during the coronavirus pandemic has been extended, the Government has announced. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the sector will
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A woman only discovered that a do not resuscitate order had been put on her husband by accident after finding documents left on her sofa by a health worker. Sonya
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Emma Lewis is a member of the Victims and Survivors Consultative Panel for the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse. In this blog she talks about her work with the
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Individuals’ human rights were potentially breached in more than 500 cases where do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DNACPR) decisions were made during the coronavirus pandemic, the care regulator has said.
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The Government must end “25 years of inaction” and commit to properly fund and fix the social care system, according to an alliance representing millions of people who receive care.
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A 58-year-old woman who has brain damage and is at the centre of litigation relating to care home visits during the coronavirus crisis may have to move, a judge has
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MSPs have voted unanimously to pass further protections for the victims of domestic abuse. The Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Bill, which was passed at stage three on Wednesday, will give
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Hundreds of children’s lives were ruined by abuse over the course of three and a half decades as warning signs were missed out of “ignorance and naivety”, an independent review
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The pandemic has brought with it yet more hardship for families across the nation. But amid increases in domestic abuse, parental and child mental health difficulties as well as deprivation
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It’s not surprising to learn that people who experience maltreatment in childhood – such as abuse or neglect – are more likely to report poorer physical and mental health. This
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