A course to help people with “chemo brain” is being rolled out across the UK by a cancer support charity after its success in Scotland. The condition, officially known as
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Child victims of violence and abuse will be given support at Scotland’s first “Bairns Hoose” which could save them going to courts and police stations to give evidence. They will
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Campaigners are urging people to show compassion towards those who have lost someone due to alcohol or other drugs in an effort to reduce the stigma associated with alcohol-related deaths.
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The chair of Scotland’s Covid-19 inquiry has promised a “robust investigation” into how Scottish ministers responded to the pandemic. During a preliminary hearing of the Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry, Lord Brailsford
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The Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry has been branded “shambolic” ahead of its first preliminary hearing. Human rights lawyer Aamer Anwar, lead solicitor on behalf of Scottish Covid Bereaved, a group of
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The minister in charge of Scotland’s drug policy has said the tide is turning in the crisis as new figures revealed the country’s largest ever fall in deaths. Data from
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Broadcaster Nicky Campbell has told an inquiry of sexual abuse he endured at Edinburgh Academy as he compared a teacher to Jimmy Savile. Mr Campbell, 62, attended Edinburgh Academy, a
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An accused former teacher was supported in a bid to adopt a child by a psychiatrist who believed he could “cure him” – and intervened to stop him being sacked
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Junior doctors in Scotland have overwhelmingly voted to accept a “record” pay offer from the Scottish Government. The British Medical Association (BMA) had recommended its members accept the offer, which
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A Scottish research firm is teaming up with a global leader in diagnostic technology for what is hoped to result in a “transformative” new blood test that would allow doctors
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