Social Bite receives 27,000 Christmas dinner donations for homeless
A cafe chain backed by George Clooney has received more than 27,000 donations in one day to its campaign to ensure a homeless person gets a hot meal at Christmas.
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Medicine system shake-up will improve patient access to treatments, Robison
More patients with rare or terminal illnesses will get the drugs they need on the NHS as a result of changes to the way new medicines are approved, Health Secretary
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Scottish councils handed £240m funding boost in Holyrood budget
Holyrood Finance Secretary Derek Mackay handed cash-strapped councils a spending boost in his budget, pledging to up their funds by just over £240 million. Mr Mackay also confirmed he would
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SFA announce it is to establish review into child sex abuse allegations
The Scottish Football Association (SFA) has announced it is to establish an independent review into allegations of child sex abuse within the sport. Football has been rocked by claims from
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Breast cancer drug rejected for NHS use by Scottish Medicines Consortium
Breast cancer sufferers in Scotland have been denied routine access to an “innovative treatment” that is available to patients south of the border. Campaigners branded the move the “ultimate postcode
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NHS ‘sending English eating disorder patients to Scotland due to bed shortages’
Eating disorder patients in England are being sent to Scotland by the NHS because of bed shortages, it has been reported. Most of the patients are said to be teenagers
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Council budgets in Scotland ‘could be cut by £700 million’, says new report
Council budgets could be cut by £700 million by the end of the current Parliament, according to a new report. The study, commissioned by the Scottish Local Government Partnership (SLGP),
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Campaign groups praise MP Michelle Thomson for rape speech ‘bravery’
Campaigners have praised an MP for her bravery after she revealed in the House of Commons that she was raped at the age of 14. Independent Michelle Thomson moved MPs
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Many children with learning disabilities isolated and bullied in mainstream schools
Teaching children with learning disabilities in mainstream schools can leave youngsters feeling “sidelined” while teachers feel “untrained, unsupported and stressed”, campaigners have claimed. Charity Enable Scotland has told ministers it
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Stepmothers struggling over relationship with stepchildren, study finds
Stepmothers have more problems getting on with their stepchildren than men do, research has found. About 65% of stepfathers reported good relationships with their stepchildren compared with 57% of stepmothers,
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