The total refusal to even allow a debate on a plan B when the section 30 is inevitably denied has been intransigence personified, and with the introduction of such contentious policies as the Hate Crime Bill and the Trans issue at a time when both the SNP and Independence were getting high...
It concludes that current ASP policy remains underpinned by unhelpful assumptions about disabled people, older people and people with mental or physical health problems. A more inclusive understanding of vulnerability would be more empowering to these people and others, in policies concerned with ...
“Moving forward, the Scottish Conservatives will reconnect with common-sense values and put forward a bold vision for the future of our country that champions opportunity, aspiration and decency. “We will present positive new policies to fire up economic growth, create opportunities for workers and...
"In the past he has used such visits to announce and promote a number of initiatives, such as the Changing Room Extra Time mental health programme. "Ministers attending events in a ministerial capacity are entitled to use government transport. All travel costs are in accordance wi...
There followed a year of what can only be described as “bungling”. However well intentioned his “progressive” policies were, they lacked traction with the public. What people noticed was the dripping roast saga of the ferries, the futile attempts to take legal action against Westminster, the...
Scotland has a very well developed policy in which ‘health and wellbeing’ is articulated as a cross curricular theme, and the responsibility of all teachers. This provides a very good opportunity to analyse policy discourses in some detail. Examination
The number of older people in prisons is increasing across the globe. Many have poor physical and mental health, higher prevalence of head injury, cognitive impairment and dementia than found in community populations. Meeting the complex needs of this vu