Attacks on NHS staff hit 67,800 a year – up 25% in five years
Assaults on NHS staff have gone up 25% in the last five years, new figures show. The number of assaults increased to 67,874 in 2014-15 from 54,758 assaults in 2008-9
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Webwatch: Fearless – supporting survivors of domestic abuse
Fearless, the national support service for survivors of domestic abuse in Scotland has launched a new website. The site www.fearless.scot offers information and resources on the service and allows users
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Crime Survey finds disabled more likely to be victims of violent crime
Disabled people are almost three and a half times more at risk of violent crime, research shows. Charity Victim Support (VS) found that over the past decade violent crimes against
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Call to redouble efforts as report reveals sexual violence in conflict ‘still as prevalent’
Sexual violence in conflict is “as prevalent, if not more prevalent” than it was when William Hague and Angelina Jolie launched an international push to wipe out the war crime,
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New law allows judges to tackle jurors’ ‘unenlightened views’ in sex crime cases
A law to permit judges to address the “unenlightened views” of some jurors in sex crime cases and crack down on “revenge porn” has been passed by the Scottish Parliament.
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New research programme aims to improve healthcare staff’s approach to domestic violence
Researchers at the University of Bristol have received more than £2.5 million from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) for research that aims to increase the safety and well-being
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Domestic abuse helpline calls soar following Archers storyline
Calls to the national domestic abuse helpline have soared by nearly a fifth in a year, fuelled in part by a hard-hitting storyline about coercive control in The Archers. Britons
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Violent domestic abuser Sharon Edwards gets life for murder of husband
A “bullying and violent” new bride has been jailed for life after she was convicted of murdering her solicitor husband. Sharon Edwards, 42, stabbed to death criminal defence lawyer David
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Trainee doctors ‘should be taught to spot signs of violence against women’
Trainee doctors should be taught to recognise the signs of “gender-based violence” against women such as domestic abuse, sexual violence and forced marriage, the Chief Medical Officer has said in
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Webwatch – Equally Safe: Eradicating violence against women
Equally Safe is a new blog from the Scottish Government which aims to provide information and updates on some of the work happening across Scotland to prevent and eradicate violence
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