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Nurses at psychiatric unit called teens ‘pathetic’

by Charlotte Dolman | Feb 24, 2025 | Parents & Carers

Former patients at Scotland’s biggest children’s psychiatric hospital have spoken out about a culture of cruelty among nursing staff. Patients who were teenagers when they were admitted to Skye House, a specialist NHS unit in Glasgow, told BBC Disclosure...

Schools Bill must ensure accessible breakfast clubs & parental choice

by Charlotte Dolman | Feb 21, 2025 | Parents & Carers

The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill is currently at the Committee Stage of its passage through parliament but the bill does not do enough to ensure these clubs will be inclusive to children with SEND. Some children need specific dietary accommodations. Some need...

‘I’ve been waiting over a year for a wheelchair’

by Charlotte Dolman | Feb 19, 2025 | Parents & Carers

Robert Taylor has a spinal condition that means he is unable to walk unaided. The 56-year-old, from South Normanton, Derbyshire, was left with mobility issues after complications during spinal surgery in 2019. He was referred for a wheelchair in February 2024 but is...

Deaf pupil wins legal fight for BSL interpreter

by Charlotte Dolman | Feb 17, 2025 | Parents & Carers

A deaf teenager has won a legal fight against Fife Council to have a British Sign Language interpreter in her class for school lessons. Niamdh Braid, 16, from Glenrothes, launched an action against her local authority last year after missing out on essential...

Twinkl Helps Educators Close the Attainment Gap with New Symbols App

by Charlotte Dolman | Feb 14, 2025 | Parents & Carers

To better support learners with SEND, Twinkl has added the newly updated Symbols app to its existing Twinkl Symbols platform – a range of complementing tools and resources designed to give users an alternative way to communicate through visuals, in everyday...

Safeguards against coercion in assisted suicide bill are ‘incredibly weak’, disabled academic tells MPs

by Charlotte Dolman | Feb 12, 2025 | Parents & Carers

MPs pushing for the legalisation of assisted suicide have been warned by a disabled academic that protections in the proposed bill that are aimed at preventing disabled people being “coerced” into ending their own lives are “incredibly weak”. The Commons committee...
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