Scotland remains the best country in Europe for LGBTI equality, according to a comparison of laws and policy. The 2016 Rainbow Index, compiled by equality organisation ILGA-Europe, found the UK
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Irish people living in Scotland are more than twice as likely to end up in hospital or die from alcohol-related diseases as white Scottish people, research has found. The risk
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Members of the jury in the Liam Fee murder trial wept as a police video showing the toddler’s body hours after he was found dead was viewed by the court.
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Fife’s Health and Social Care Partnership have published their full Strategic Plan (2016-19). The Plan sets out the vision for the transformation of service from children’s health, young adults
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A nursery manager has told a murder trial that staff recorded a number of injuries on toddler Liam Fee during the three months he attended. Kimberly Trail said the two-year-old
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A childminder has told a court she alerted a care watchdog as she feared “somebody was hurting” a toddler two women are accused of murdering. Heather Farmer, 48, broke down
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More than 20 operations a day were cancelled in March for “non-clinical reasons” such as a shortage of beds or hospital staff. Official statistics show NHS bosses cancelled 670 procedures
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A North Lanarkshire care home for older people has been told to make urgent improvements in the care provided to vulnerable residents. The Care Inspectorate has served a formal Improvement
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The Centre for Research on Families and Relationships (CRFR) at the University of Edinburgh are inviting applications for the Evelyn Gillan Impact Prize from professionals who have used research to make a
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Scotland’s care experienced young people are to have a bigger say in the decisions that affect their lives thanks to a funding boost of £2 million. The money will be
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