Date: 25th April 2014
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

All non-confidential responses to the consultation on the draft Mental Health (Scotland) Bill are now published on the Scottish Government website.

Date: 14th April 2014
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The Scottish Government's 'Proposal for the development of guidance to support the GIRFEC provisions in the Children and Young People Act 2014' has been published.

Date: 8th April 2014
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

This consultation seeks views on proposals to update existing arrangements ensuring the wellbeing of children under school leaving age who are involved in performances.

Date: 7th April 2014
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

This report outlines research findings from an investigation into the relationship between professional practice, child protection and disability in Scotland.

Date: 26th March 2014
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

This annual review by Action for Children in partnership with the University of Stirling considers barriers to seeking services in cases where there is concern about neglect and sets out practice recommendations.

Date: 21st March 2014
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

In March 2014 the Crown Prosecution Service in the United Kingdom launched its first prosecution in relation to female genital mutilation (FGM).

Date: 14th March 2014
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

A call for views on the legalisation of assisted suicide has been published by the Scottish Parliament's Health and Sport Committee.

Date: 10th March 2014
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The Scottish Government released a revised Child Poverty Strategy 2014-2017 for Scotland on 10th March 2014, which continues to focus on the same key areas as the Child Poverty Strategy 2011.

Date: 10th March 2014
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The EU Alliance for Investing in Children has published a press release emphasising that tackling and preventing child poverty and social exclusion are key to achieving the Europe 2020 headline targets.

Date: 10th March 2014
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People (SCCYP) is running a survey for parents and carers of disabled children, with a view to obtain information on the specific needs and concerns that disabled children may have regarding the standard of their school toilets.

Date: 24th February 2014
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Mentor and SCPHRP have launched the 2nd year of The Young STAND (Scots Tackling Alcohol N Drugs) Awards 2014 and ask you to share this with others and to nominate.

Date: 24th February 2014
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

As Belgium amended its euthanasia law in February 2014 by lifting all age restrictions on the right to die, the debate on the legitimacy of imposing age limits for euthanasia is also taking place in Japan and Canada.

Date: 20th February 2014
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

A report has been published based on analysis of Growing Up in Scotland data on the circumstances of first-time mothers in Scotland who were aged under 20 at the time of the child's birth.

Date: 19th February 2014
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Respect for the views of the child, UK 1st periodic review

The Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill has been passed by MSPs following its final parliamentary scrutiny.

Date: 15th February 2014
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

A paper has been published in The Lancet which shares the charter on the prevention of fetal alcohol harm, which was agreed by 700 delegates from 35 nations at the first international conference on the prevention side of this life-altering condition.

Date: 13th February 2014
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

This project will work with disabled children, young people and those with a long term condition as well as their parent/carers to help raise awareness of GIRFEC.

Date: 13th February 2014
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

From Thursday 13 February Belgium became the first country in the world to allow euthanasia to children under the age of 18.

Date: 10th February 2014
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Child poverty fell in Scotland by 9.9% in the decade to 2012, compared with 5.7% in England, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation reported.

Date: 4th February 2014
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People is mapping existing areas of work specifically relating to disabled children and young people and their families, and is asking for your input.

Date: 31st January 2014
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Children in Scotland coordinated a survey about transitions throughout childhood, and has recently published a summary paper of the survey results.