The Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry’s worship and life events impact hearings began on Tuesday. A pandemic restriction banning cohabiting couples from kissing during wedding ceremonies was “bizarre”, a humanist leader told
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Ministers have launched a new national training initiative to help public officials manage future crises such as another pandemic. The UK Resilience Academy will train more than 4,000 people each
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Scotland’s top law officer has instructed the criminal prosecution of a private prison over allegations of failing to manage the medical care of an inmate with Covid-19 who died alone
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Regional restrictions did not change people’s behaviour during the coronavirus pandemic despite rising numbers in Scotland, a study indicates. Researchers from the University of Aberdeen examined adherence to restrictions including
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The Government has been told that “far more work is necessary” to respond to the Covid Inquiry’s recommendations on emergency preparedness. Chairwoman Baroness Heather Hallet has told Cabinet Office minister
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Health and social care ministers are due to meet with care home workers who feel “abandoned” after Covid. On Thursday, union GMB Scotland’s care home workers will protest outside the
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John Swinney has spoken of the “unbearable” loss of life during the Covid pandemic, but insisted the Scottish Government “did all that it could” to help the public “at a
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Former Scottish health secretary Jeane Freeman has told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry she believed Scotland avoided a “VIP lane” for procuring personal protective equipment (PPE) due to devolution. Ms Freeman
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It is absolutely vital that scientists and governments keep preparations “alive and well” in case of any future pandemic, an epidemiologist has said. Professor Mark Woolhouse said it is important
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Sarah, Duchess of York was among the people who offered to try to help secure PPE in the early months of the Covid crisis, an inquiry has heard. The royal
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