Charities and medical bodies have called on the Home Secretary to bring in buffer zones outside abortion clinics. British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS), writing on behalf of a score of
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Child criminals are being “set up to fail” on release from custody because there is inadequate support in place to help them turn their life around, according to inspectors. The
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Two 31-year-old women have told how they became “secondary sisters” after learning that their breast cancer is incurable and they will not be able to have children. At first sight,
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The Deputy Minister for Housing and Local Government, Hannah Blythyn AM, has this week officially launched a new network to support injured veterans. The Veterans Trauma Network Wales (VTN Wales)
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Food bank referrals have become an every-day part of social work practice across Scotland – with social workers even using their own money to make sure families have enough to
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The Government has published guidelines for medical professionals in Northern Ireland ahead of the looming decriminalisation of abortion. Legislation passed by Westminster MPs in the summer will see a change
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Franziska Meinck from the SPS Social Work team at The University of Edinburgh has received a prestigious European Research Council Starting Grant for a study on the transmission of violence
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A new safety and wellbeing service has been launched for women in Scotland selling or exchanging sex or sexual activity online. The service, called Click, aims to respond to the
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The parents of a five-year-old boy battling leukaemia have been “gobsmacked” after the success of a £500,000 appeal to pay for lifesaving treatment. Oscar Saxelby-Lee (pictured) has been locked in
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Families who lost a High Court challenge against the Government over special educational needs funding have pledged to continue their fight for better provision. Lorraine Heugh, whose 16-year-old son, Nico
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