Recent news items

Links to recent media reports of interest to the informed social care professional are displayed here.

Criminal justice, law and rights

Cornton Vale inspection
27 January 2010
The Scotsman has reported that the governor of Scotland's only women's prison has said that Cornton Vale was the wrong place for some of the drug addicts and mentally ill women crowded behind its walls.
For more information visit the Scotsman website - http://www.scotsman.com
Search the reSearchWeb database to read the full inspectin report.

Prisoner illiteracy
17 January 2010
The BBC has reported that half of all male inmates attending prison education classes in Scotland are illiterate.
For more information visit the BBC website - www.bbc.uk.ScotlandNews.
Search the reSearchWeb database for Scottish Government publications around learning in custody and offender learning.

Education

School pupil exclusions
26 January 2010
The BBC has reported that official statistics show that the number of exclusions from Scottish schools has dropped by 15% in the past year.
For more information visit the BBC website - www.bbc.co.uk/ScotlandNews.
Search the reSearchWeb database to download the full statistics briefing document.

Families, children and young people

Child protection services in Western Isles
29 January 2010
The BBC has reported that child protection on the Western Isles has been praised by the HM Inspectorate of Education.
For more information visit the BBC website - www.bbc.co.uk/ScotlandNews.
Search the reSearchWeb database to download the full inspection report.

ParentLine Scotland
25 January 2010
The Scotsman has reported that about one in ten calls to ParentLine Scotland in the past year have been from parents at the wrong end of violent outbursts from teenagers in their own homes.
For more information visit the Scotsman website - http://thescotsman.scotsman.com

Mental health

Prefudice and mental health
26 January 2010
The Scotsman has reported that NHS Health Scotland's Dimensions of Diversity report has found that who experience prejudice develop poor mental health as a result.
For more information visit the Scotsman website - http://thescotsman.scotsman.com
Search the reSearchWeb database to download the full report.

Children who self harm
24 January 2010
The BBC has reported that children who self-harm have been admitted to hospital more than 7,000 times in the past decade.
For more information visit the BBC website - www.bbc.co.uk/ScotlandNews.
Search the reSearchWeb database to download Audit Scotland's overview of mental health services.

Poverty

Child poverty
26 January 2010
The BBC has reported that Save the Children have that found 95,000 young people, almost 10% of all children in Scotland, are living with families that have less than £33-a-day to spend.
For more information visit the BBC website - www.bbc.co.uk/ScotlandNews.

Substance misuse

Cost of alcohol misuse
12 January 2010
The BBC has reported that a report by York University economists has found that alcohol misuse could be costing every adult in Scotland £900 every year.
For more information visit the BBC website - www.bbc.co.uk/ScotlandNews.