Over 30,000 Scots in mental health crisis turned to A&E last year. Two thirds were not admitted
Lives are being lost because people are failing to get mental health support when they most urgently need it, a Ferret investigation has found.
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Episode four of our fact-checking and misinformation podcast, The FFS Show, is live!
This time, your intrepid fact-checkers Mags and Ali are focusing on claims made during the BBC leaders debate. Nicola Sturgeon, Douglas Ross, Anas Sarwar, Lorna Slater and Willie Rennie have their claims scrutinised.
And the second half of our interview with Vice News reporter David Gilbert looks at how the QAnon conspiracy hit the UK.
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Listen to episode four below and subscribe to The FFS Show on your favourite podcast platform.
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