A new report has found that unexpected events and systematic barriers have delayed progress on a national promise made to care experienced children, young people and adults. This year marks
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The number of alcohol-specific deaths in Scotland has reached a 15-year high, the latest official figures show. There were 1,277 deaths from conditions wholly caused by alcohol recorded in 2023,
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A man in remission from a little known type of cancer has become one of the faces of a campaign to improve treatment alongside Dame Zandra Rhodes. Benjamin Carey, 55,
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A report from Scotland’s human rights watchdog has raised concerns that people with learning disabilities and autism are still being held in institutions in breach of their rights. The Scottish
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A senior police officer has said “clarity” is needed over proposals that could allow terminally ill 16-year-olds in Scotland to get help to end their life – with concerns raised
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Suspected drugs deaths have fallen by 10% in the latest quarterly data, with drug-related attendances at A&E seeing a similar decrease. Incidents of naloxone administration, which can prevent heroin overdoses,
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Patients in Scotland are not getting “the right care in the right place at the right time”, John Swinney has said. The First Minister laid out a plan to improve
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A patient deemed fit enough by doctors to be discharged has been stuck in hospital for more than seven years, according to new figures. A series of freedom of information
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Seven people convicted of being part of a child abuse ring which plunged to “the depths of human depravity” were sentenced to lifelong restriction orders and warned they may never
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The Scottish Government has dropped proposals for a National Care Service. Social care minister Maree Todd told MSPs on Thursday the plan to create a central national care board in
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