Care for Scots with dementia and sight loss to be assessed in new project
A new project will assess how best to care for the thousands of people in Scotland with both dementia and sight loss. The charity Royal Blind has received funding to
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Inquiry hears approved schools were not good environments for rehabilitation
Networks of criminals were created around Scotland as a result of people’s experiences in approved schools and the Borstal system, an inquiry has been told. Residential childcare expert Professor Andrew
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Government urged to help LGBT charity facing closure due to funding shortfall
The Scottish Government has been urged to help save an LGBT charity from closure. TIE (Time for Inclusive Education), which works to combat homophobia, biphobia and transphobia in schools with
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Inspection finds services for children and young people in Fife performing well
Care inspectors have identified key strengths in the way children and young people in need of care and protection in Fife are supported and cared for. Inspectors noted that robust
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Allowing women to take abortion pills at home ‘fundamentally flawed’, judges told
The Scottish Government’s decision to allow women to take abortion pills at home is fundamentally flawed because it is not consistent with legislation, a lawyer representing an anti-abortion group has
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Alesha killer’s doctor ‘expected backlash’ over psychopath screening suggestion
A doctor has faced criticism after suggesting young children should be screened for psychopathic behaviour in the wake of the Alesha MacPhail murder. Dr John Marshall, head of forensic clinical
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Sexual abuse survivors launch campaign to reform need for corroboration in Scots law
A group set up to support survivors of sexual abuse has launched a campaign to reform the need for corroboration in Scots law. It has claimed the requirement to have
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Bed blocking in Scotland’s hospitals up 9% with delays for over 1400
The number of patients stuck in hospital despite being well enough to leave has increased by 9% in a year, official figures show. The latest NHS Scotland Information Services Division
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Health Secretary told to ‘look at real world’ over health and social care funding
Former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale has told Health Secretary Jeane Freeman she should “lift her head from a spreadsheet” and look at the reality of health and social care
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Abuse inquiry hears child migration was used to keep Commonwealth white
Child migration was pursued as a racial endeavour to keep the Commonwealth white, a legal expert has said. At the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry on Tuesday, Professor Kenneth Norrie spoke
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