Leading HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust has launched a brand new, Scotland-wide peer support service, to enable people to live well with HIV. Although advances in medication
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Former Scotland rugby international Doddie Weir has revealed he is battling motor neurone disease (MND). The 46-year-old said he decided to announce his diagnosis to raise awareness of the condition.
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Legislation to tackle domestic abuse must go further to protect children, MSPs have been told. The Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill creates a specific criminal offence of ”abusive behaviour towards a
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A significant case review into the death of a toddler murdered by his mother and her civil partner has found “missed opportunities across services” which could have “potentially prevented” the
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New legislation on how and when information on families should be shared as part of the “named person” scheme has been published by the Scottish Government. The proposed new laws
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A review into historic incidents of abuse in Scottish football is ready to begin the “crucial yet sensitive” stage of information-gathering. Preparatory work has been concluded for the review, which
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Scotland’s social services have been honoured for their outstanding commitment to improving lives for the people they support at the inaugural Scottish Social Services Awards. Introduced by the Scottish Social
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A nursery in Perth has been told it must make swift improvements to the care provided to children. The Care Inspectorate has served a formal improvement notice on Little Einstein’s
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A new campaign has been launched to ensure Scotland’s young carers can get the help they are entitled to in a bid to save them from the added worry of
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Scottish Ballet has been awarded £150,000 by the Life Changes Trust to enable them to become dementia friendly. They will use the funding to set up a programme of dementia
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