Call to extend damp and mould safeguards to private rented sector
Safeguards to protect tenants in social housing from damp and mould in the wake of the death of a two-year-old child should be considered for the private rented sector too,
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Parents of long-term sick children to be consulted on financial support plans
Parents of long-term sick children in hospital are to be consulted on proposals which could see them receive financial support. The Government has committed to establishing a stakeholder forum of
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Lives could have been saved but for uncertainty caused by guidance, inquiry told
Lives could have been saved in care homes in Scotland if it was not for the confusion caused by guidance issued in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, it
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Woman who stabbed her mother to death jailed for nine years for manslaughter
A young woman who repeatedly stabbed her alcoholic mother to death after being told to “get a life” has been jailed for nine years. Hanaa Bennis, 22, cried as Old
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Scottish Government ‘made same mistakes twice’ during pandemic, inquiry told
The Scottish Government appeared to make “exactly the same mistakes twice” when dealing with the pandemic in 2020, an inquiry has heard. Professor Paul Cairney questioned whether the Government learned
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Rising poverty among families is greatest concern for health visitors, new research finds
Increasing poverty is the cause of greatest concern to health visitors according to research, which found the vast majority reported a rise in the number of families affected by the
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Watchdog rebukes Government over claims asylum backlog had been ‘cleared’
The Home Office has been reprimanded by the statistics watchdog after the Government was accused of lying about clearing part of the asylum backlog. UK Statistics Authority chairman Sir Robert
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More support needed to reunite children in care with families, councils say
Councils need more support to help children in care reunite with their families, new research has warned, after it found funding constraints and struggles with recruitment and retention of staff
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Health watchdog takes action against high security psychiatric hospital
The health watchdog has taken action against a high security psychiatric hospital which has housed serial killers after it was discovered patients were being confined to their rooms for long
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Medication shortages ‘impacting upon patient safety’, pharmacy leaders warn
Shortages of certain medicines are putting patient safety at risk, experts have warned, as well as exposing pharmacists to abuse and aggression from frustrated and anxious members of the public.
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