Actress and campaigner Emma Thompson has accused the UK Government of a “death of compassion” in its treatment of refugees, insisting Britain has a duty of care towards people who
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Thousands of children still live in “scandalous” poverty across Scotland, a study has found. The End Child Poverty coalition is urging the UK Government to end the freeze on children’s
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A nun in charge of a Catholic order has offered its “deepest and most sincere apologies” to anyone who may have been abused in its care at a controversial care
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Health chiefs are pressing ahead with plans to deliver a treatment centre for heroin addicts in the hope of tackling a city’s drug problems. Glasgow City Health and Social Care
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Aberdeen City Health and Social Care Partnership (ACHSCP) has awarded a contract worth £1.4million to Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH) to deliver a ‘Link Worker’ resource to the city
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Health and social care providers across Lochaber are to join forces later this week for a series of events designed to promote the latest job opportunities within the local ‘care
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A nun has told an inquiry she “slapped” children in her care at an orphanage but said she is “not aware” of beating a boy unconscious. The 73-year-old was giving
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An elderly nun has denied children were beaten, force-fed and humiliated at a controversial care institution. The 92-year-old woman told Scotland’s Child Abuse Inquiry she had not witnessed any cruelty
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Drugs used to treat two rare cancers have been turned down for routine use by the NHS in Scotland. The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) advised against the medicines as it
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Loreburn Housing Association has been given the go-ahead by Dumfries and Galloway Council to redevelop the site of the former Garrick Hospital in Stranraer by building dementia-friendly housing alongside an
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