A majority of people in Scotland support setting up drug consumption rooms, according to new research. Proposals to introduce Scotland’s first drug consumption room (DCR) in Glasgow, enabling people who
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Scotland’s care watchdog was warned more than 170 times about staff shortages at care homes amid the coronavirus crisis, an investigation has found. BBC Scotland’s Disclosure programme discovered that between
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A trial Covid-19 “clinic-on-wheels” testing facility is being launched in Glasgow. The Connected Mobile Health Clinic (CMHC) is designed to provide remote testing and tracking of care home residents and
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A cluster of coronavirus cases has been identified at a care home in Glasgow, Nicola Sturgeon has announced. Speaking at the Scottish Government’s briefing on Monday, the First Minister said
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Three women have been charged after a police investigation into the alleged mistreatment of residents at a care home. Police revealed in May that they were examining complaints at Springvale
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Dozens of asylum seekers in Glasgow are being left “malnourished with food not fit for human consumption”, according to a charity supporting them. Positive Action In Housing (PAIH) has rallied
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Asylum seekers in Glasgow have been treated like “Amazon parcels” during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a charity calling for an inquiry into their accommodation facilities. It comes after six
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Refugees, charities and MPs are calling for an inquiry into an asylum seeker “accommodation crisis” in Glasgow after an attack in the city last week. Badreddin Abadlla Adam, 28, from
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A group of criminals have targeted several care homes across the Central Belt and west of Scotland. Between June 17-20, 10 break-ins have taken place at premises in Lanarkshire, Glasgow
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The creators of a website paying tribute to health and care workers who have died with Covid-19 are appealing to people to share their memories of them. So far, 181
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