Concerns have been raised about a “backlog” of patients in Scotland’s secure hospital wards who are waiting to be moved to a less-restrictive environment. The Mental Welfare Commission raised the
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Human rights campaigners have called for the establishment of an independent Scottish commission on social care. Judith Robertson, chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC), urged ministers and social
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The chairwoman of a United Nations committee has accused the Government of creating a “human catastrophe” for disabled people in the wake of cuts. Policies pursued by the Government have
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Disabled people are being “increasingly marginalised and shut out of society” as they bear the brunt of Government spending cuts, the UK’s equality and human rights bodies have warned. Campaigners
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A United Nations committee will hear from British disability campaigners that the Government is breaching the rights of disabled people and ignoring requests for information on key issues. On Monday
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Two landmark court challenges against the ban on same sex marriage in Northern Ireland have been dismissed. Mr Justice O’Hara rejected both cases, insisting the ban did not violate the
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Scotland’s position on smacking children is “untenable in international human rights terms”, the country’s new children’s commissioner has said. Bruce Adamson said legally allowing parents to smack their children puts
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Abortion should be decriminalised, medics at the British Medical Association (BMA) have said. Delegates at the BMA’s annual meeting in Bournemouth voted in favour of a motion calling for a
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Legislation to lift a time bar to allow survivors of childhood abuse to sue for damages will be voted on at Holyrood later. The Limitation (Childhood Abuse) (Scotland) Bill scraps
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A drive to improve mental health services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans people has begun today with the launch of a new guide by the Mental Welfare Commission. The
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