Scotland’s health secretary was central to an intervention in delaying the release of Covid-19 death rates in individual care homes, it can be revealed.
Earlier this month, The Scotsman revealed a last-gasp intervention from Nicola Sturgeon's administration involving former economy secretary Fiona Hyslop led to the delay of the publication of the number of Covid-19 deaths in each of Scotland’s care homes for more than three-and-a-half months and until after the Holyrood election in May.
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Scotland’s health secretary was central to an intervention in delaying the release of Covid-19 death rates in individual care homes, it can be revealed.
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“I live like a hermit in my own home now, confined in four walls all day, that is my life”… “I’ve went without eating to make sure there is electricity, milk and nappies”... “your postcode determines your life”.
A new Scottish start-up is aiming to help tackle the climate crisis through a special digital atlas promoting low-carbon travel, eco-friendly accommodation and wildlife tourism.
Ministers have been subject to scathing criticism after they failed to adequately respond to questions around how an independent Scotland would re-join the European Union for two years.
The Royal Mint, the original maker of UK coins, has today launched its first ever commemorative £2 coin in honour of the late Sir Walter Scott including a feature of the iconic Edinburgh landmark, 250 years after the great writer’s birth.
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