Rape Review Findings Put Forward
Significant changes are being proposed to the way rape cases in Scotland are investigated and prosecuted. The percentage of cases leading to convictions has fallen to one of the lowest rates in the world.
Read MoreSignificant changes are being proposed to the way rape cases in Scotland are investigated and prosecuted. The percentage of cases leading to convictions has fallen to one of the lowest rates in the world.
Read MoreThe first graduates from a pioneering new academic course designed to drive up standards of care provided throughout Scotland have been honoured at a special ceremony.
Read MoreInternational mental health practitioners and leaders met in Edinburgh recently to discuss how to improve mental health services across the globe. It was the first time that the International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership (IIMHL) had been hosted in Scotland and was the largest gathering in its history.
Read MoreA new drive to reduce the suicide rates in young men was launched today by Health Minister Rosie Winterton. Speaking to mark Men’s Mental Health week, she published a report outlining the findings of three pilots which have been looking at ways to reduce suicide rates in young men.
Read MoreNew guidance to ensure any lessons following a domestic violence homicide are learnt, and action to protect others at risk is taken, was published today for consultation by Home Office Minister Baroness Scotland.
Read MoreHousing associations are having to cut essential services to vulnerable people because of hard-hitting funding cuts imposed by the executive. Research conducted by the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) shows that almost a quarter of housing associations who provide services to the homeless, the disabled and the elderly have been forced to cut some or all of their support services due to a decrease in the government’s Supporting People grant.
Read MoreMP and former minister Alun Michael has joined criticism over a paedophile’s “lenient” sentence by saying judges must “wake up and smell the coffee”. He was speaking after the home secretary hit out at the sentence and called on the attorney general to act – sparking a political row.
Read MoreA residential drug rehabilitation centre is to more than double the number of people it helps after a £550,000 European grant. The Rhoserchan Project, based near Aberystwyth, has used some of the Objective 1 money to buy new premises.
Read MoreMore patients with terminal illnesses should be given the choice of dying at home, according to a cancer charity. Marie Curie called on the Welsh Assembly Government to put more money into palliative care outside hospitals.
Read MoreThe majority of NHS staff would have reservations about being treated in their own hospital, a survey says. The poll of 72,600 hospital workers by the Healthcare Commission found only 44% would be happy with the standard of care where they worked.
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