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Revealed: Labour donor’s hedge fund invests in private healthcare
A top Labour donor runs a hedge fund with shares in a private US healthcare giant – which critics claim is profiting in the midst of the UK's NHS crisis.
Suicide and self harm causing deaths of young people in care
At least 15 children and young people in the care system have died from suicide or drug overdoses since 2021, including an 11-year-old.
Care home moved to spare view from billionaire’s hotel
Plans for a vital new care home on the north coast were changed after Scotland’s richest man complained it would ruin the view from his luxury hotel.
‘The spark is lit’: Can AI revolutionise Scotland’s healthcare?
“It’s like Rolls Royce building a full simulation of an engine, with millions of parts. They build a model and can simulate all kinds of failure and tolerance rates,” says Professor Ian Simpson.
FFS explains: AI and healthcare
The Ferret explains how AI is being introduced into healthcare in Scotland.
Two Scottish care workers struck off every week
Some 300 workers caring for Scotland’s most vulnerable people have been struck off for inappropriate, abusive and sometimes criminal behaviour in a three year period.
Councils spent £200m on profit-making residential care providers for children and young people
Scottish councils have given up to £200m to private firms to provide residential care for children and young people, despite promising to move away from the practice four years ago.
Four people die every week in Scotland while in state custody or care
Four people die every week in Scotland while in prison, police cells or other forms of state detention or care, according to figures exclusively shared with The Ferret.
Questions raised over £2m spent by ‘quango’ charged with care system reform
The organisation overseeing Scotland’s children’s care system reform – The Promise – has spent almost a third of its budget on external costs.
