An immunisation programme has stopped women who have received the vaccine from developing cervical cancer, research has shown. A Public Health Scotland (PHS) study has found not a single young
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Scotland’s highest civil court has ruled that the UK Government’s blocking of controversial gender reforms was lawful. The Scottish Government mounted the legal challenge earlier in the year after Westminster
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Millions of women will be able to get free contraceptive pills on the high street without having to see a GP under new NHS plans. Starting next month, women in
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A major report into the infected blood scandal has been delayed until next year. Thousands of patients were infected with HIV and hepatitis C through contaminated blood products in the
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Teachers, families and pupils are “crying out for” transgender guidance for schools so there is “clarity” in the approach across the country, the Children’s Commissioner said as she called for
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Activist and UN goodwill ambassador Sabrina Dhowre Elba said she felt it was her “moral duty” to support a campaign against female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) which is “prevalent” in her
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Blind people are being put “at risk” when the NHS provides them with “inaccessible” information about their health, a charity has warned. People with sight loss have missed appointments, cancer
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Concerns raised by the Scottish Secretary around gender reforms are “irrational”, the Scottish Government has argued in a filing to the country’s highest court. Ministers have filed a challenge to
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The UK’s abortion law is in “desperate need” of reform as it is “currently not safe”, a Conservative former minister has warned. Jackie Doyle-Price (pictured) expressed her dismay in the
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Gareth Thomas has settled a legal case with an ex-partner who accused the former Wales captain of “deceptively” transmitting HIV to him. Ian Baum sued Mr Thomas in the High
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