Justice secretary Angela Constance is to lead a board being set up to help ensure changes recommended after deaths at Polmont Young Offenders Institution are “delivered at pace”. Constance announced
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The Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry’s worship and life events impact hearings began on Tuesday. A pandemic restriction banning cohabiting couples from kissing during wedding ceremonies was “bizarre”, a humanist leader told
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Ministers have launched a new national training initiative to help public officials manage future crises such as another pandemic. The UK Resilience Academy will train more than 4,000 people each
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An inquiry into the deaths of more than 2,000 mental health patients in Essex will feature difficult discussions on issues such as compassion fatigue among staff, its chairwoman has said.
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The mother of Emma Caldwell has said her family have “waited a long time” for closure, after a judge was appointed to chair the inquiry into the investigation of her
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A man died after the Scottish Ambulance Service “lost sight” of him for an hour and did nothing to organise treatment after an initial call for help, an inquiry has
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A coroner has said that a 26-year-old woman who killed herself may still be alive if a “holistic treatment plan” had been provided for her. Rosie Fender (pictured), died of
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The Government has been told that “far more work is necessary” to respond to the Covid Inquiry’s recommendations on emergency preparedness. Chairwoman Baroness Heather Hallet has told Cabinet Office minister
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A coroner has been forced to adjourn an inquest into a deaf TikTok star’s death because there were no sign language interpreters available to translate for deaf witnesses. Imogen Nunn,
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Former Scottish health secretary Jeane Freeman has told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry she believed Scotland avoided a “VIP lane” for procuring personal protective equipment (PPE) due to devolution. Ms Freeman
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