A council has been fined £100,000 over health and safety breaches after a vulnerable man choked to death on a sandwich unsuitable for his prescribed diet. The Health and Safety
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The social care sector was under-prepared for the Covid-19 pandemic as it was “already in crisis”, an inquiry has heard. Rozanne Foyer, general secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Congress
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Care home staff were “very scared” to go to work during the Covid-19 pandemic in case they brought the virus back home with them, an inquiry has heard. Paul Arkison
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A proposed law to ban protests outside abortion clinics is “necessary” to ensure women are free of intimidation, a Holyrood committee has said. The Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
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The NHS can recover from the Covid-19 pandemic if it has enough effort and resourcing put into it, a leading clinician has told an inquiry. Addressing the Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry,
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Domestic abuse victims are not being given sufficient support in the lead-up to cases reaching court, a review has found. HM Inspectorate of Prosecution in Scotland (IPS) carried out an
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A former auxiliary nurse convicted of harming a child with laxatives with “devastating” consequences for him has been jailed for seven years. Tracy Menhinick, 52, was found guilty of “wilfully”
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An inquiry investigating historic child abuse in Scotland should recommend support for victims that would “repair lives already broken”, broadcaster and abuse survivor Nicky Campbell has said. The TV and
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Charities have welcomed the acceptance of treatments for a heart condition, cancer and insomnia for use on the NHS in Scotland. The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has also accepted treatments
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The First Minister has been warned that local councils’ refusal to engage with equal pay claims could have “disastrous” consequences for Scottish communities. GMB Scotland has called on Humza Yousaf
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