Patients not getting ‘right care in right place at right time’, says Swinney
Patients in Scotland are not getting “the right care in the right place at the right time”, John Swinney has said. The First Minister laid out a plan to improve
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NHS Fife patient stuck in hospital for seven years awaiting discharge
A patient deemed fit enough by doctors to be discharged has been stuck in hospital for more than seven years, according to new figures. A series of freedom of information
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Seven child abuse ring members jailed and warned they may never be released
Seven people convicted of being part of a child abuse ring which plunged to “the depths of human depravity” were sentenced to lifelong restriction orders and warned they may never
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Scottish Government scraps plan for National Care Service
The Scottish Government has dropped proposals for a National Care Service. Social care minister Maree Todd told MSPs on Thursday the plan to create a central national care board in
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Justice Secretary pledges ‘systemic response’ over deaths at Polmont YOI
The families of two people who took their own lives while in a young offenders institution now have a “chance of hope and a legacy”, their lawyer said after Scotland’s
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New task force to examine action to tackle online harms to children
The Scottish Government will convene a new task force to look at what can be done to tackle online harms to children as it was urged to consider a social
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Parents praise medical staff for saving daughter born weighing just one pound
A couple whose daughter was born weighing just one pound and spent her first six months in hospital have praised medical staff after she was finally allowed to go home.
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More than 331,000 Waspi women in Scotland, figures suggest
More than 331,000 women in Scotland are estimated to have been impacted by changes to the state pension age for those born in the 1950s. Figures released by the House
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Families of young people who died in YOI criticise prison system
The mother of a student who took her own life in a Young Offenders Institution has said she was “brutalised” in custody, while the brother of a 16-year-old boy who
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Pair who took own lives in Polmont ‘given death sentence’, families’ lawyer says
Two people who took their own lives in a young offenders institution were “given a death sentence”, a solicitor acting for their families said, as he called for Prime Minister
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