Eight-year-old urges company to lower price of cystic fibrosis drug
An eight-year-old boy with cystic fibrosis has urged a pharmaceutical company to lower the price of a drug so it can be made available on the NHS. Orkambi received its
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Ex-PM calls for increases in welfare payments to tackle ‘national disgrace’ of child poverty
Lack of action to tackle child poverty is creating “a generation of invisible boys and girls”, according to former prime minister Gordon Brown. He accused both the Scottish and UK
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RCN warn of ‘Victorian-style’ care as 40% drop in learning disability specialists revealed
The loss of learning disability specialists could lead to a return to Victorian-style care, leading nurses have warned. The number of learning disability nurses in England dropped by 40% from
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Leukaemia treatment research in Glasgow receives £3.1M funding boost
Researchers have been awarded £3.1 million for a pioneering study to help find new treatments for a rare form of blood cancer. Scientists at the University of Glasgow’s Institute of
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Detectives charge 31 people in Huddersfield with child sexual abuse offences
Detectives have charged 31 people with offences including rape and trafficking after an investigation into sexual offences against children in the Huddersfield area. West Yorkshire Police said the five alleged
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Scotland’s baby box celebrates anniversary with 85% uptake in first year
An average of 1,000 baby boxes per week have been delivered to parents of newborns in the first year of the programme. The Scottish Government said 52,065 baby boxes have
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Anti-abortion campaigners lose legal challenge over home medication move
A campaign group’s legal challenge to the Scottish Government’s move to allow pregnant women to take abortion-inducing medication at home has been rejected by a judge. The Society for the
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Quality of critical care in Scotland is high but report warns of ICU bed shortages
Auditors have warned increasing evidence indicates parts of Scotland lack adequate numbers of intensive care beds. An audit of more than 46,000 patients admitted to specialist wards for the most
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Jail for GP who took thousands of videos and images of female patients
A GP who secretly took thousands of videos and images of female patients during appointments was told he had breached their trust as he was jailed for 14 months. One
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School exclusion rule found to discriminate against children with disabilities
Children with disabilities face discrimination under equality laws which allow schools to exclude them for “challenging behaviour”, a judge has ruled. Judge Alison Rowley, sitting in the Upper Tribunal, said
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