More than a third of trials heard by a sheriff sitting alone in the past year were domestic abuse cases, new figures show. Some 34% of sheriff summary trials called
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A woman has described how her daughter “looks so scared of people”, as a parenting charity has revealed post-pandemic concerns, with many people concerned for their wellbeing. Home-Start UK has
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The National Care Service will be operational within this five-year term of the Scottish Parliament, the Health Secretary has said. Humza Yousaf said legislation for the new service will be
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Drug addicts should be able to get treatment and medication on the same day they ask for help, the Scottish Government’s drug deaths taskforce has said. The taskforce has published
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The number of children and young people waiting a year or more for specialist mental health treatment has almost trebled since coronavirus hit – with new figures showing more than
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Former health secretary Jeane Freeman has said the opponents portraying the discharge of patients into care homes as a “death sentence” hurt her personally. At the beginning of the Covid-19
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Temporary measures to house people who were homeless during the coronavirus pandemic have been extended for three months. Public health measures allowing local authorities to use hotels or bed and
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Coronavirus death rates in Scotland’s care homes were more than six times higher in larger facilities over the course of the pandemic, according to a report. New figures from the
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The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow has recorded the most coronavirus deaths in Scotland, new data shows. The National Records of Scotland (NRS) has released a breakdown of coronavirus
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have thanked medical staff for their efforts during the pandemic as they officially opened the Orkney Islands’ £65 million hospital. William and Kate were
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