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Did Eat Out to Help Out increase Covid-19 cases?
Ferret Fact Service examines the evidence behind the Eat Out to Help Out scheme.
Patients raise concerns about medical group as health board steps-up oversight
Patients at a practice run by GP chain Alba Medical Group say long patient lists and overstretched doctors mean they have been unable to make appointments.
What’s going on with Scottish Government Covid-19 WhatsApps?
Ferret Fact Service looks into the controversy around Scottish Government WhatsApp messages.
‘Nauseating’: Illegal sewage spills polluted protected waters, data suggests
Scottish Water illegally discharged sewage hundreds of times during dry weather, soiling beauty spots such as West Sands beach at St Andrews.
Lack of local maternity services puts rural Scottish mothers at risk
As local maternity services decline, expectant mothers in rural Scotland are forced to undertake long and potentially risky journeys to access safe deliveries.
‘Profiting from pain’: Staffing agencies made millions from the NHS
Private firms supplying medical staff to NHS Scotland have made millions of pounds of profit and paid some directors up to £800,000.
Hundreds of women forced to travel from Scotland to England for abortions
Hundreds of women have been forced to travel from Scotland to England to access surgical abortion just over four years, with numbers growing year-on-year.
FFS explains: Glasgow’s drug decriminalisation policy
Ferret Fact Service looks at controversy around a motion passed by Glasgow City Counil on drug use.
‘These are our people’: How a street-based therapy service is tackling San Francisco’s drugs crisis
The Ferret visits the Harm Reduction Therapy Center in San Francisco, a psychotherapy service that offers an open-door policy to people using drugs.