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.
Police Scotland accelerates use of facial recognition
Police Scotland accelerates use of Police Scotland’s use of a controversial form of facial recognition has tripled over the last five years.
City of Glasgow College spent almost £1m on public relations while 100 staff faced redundancy
City of Glasgow College has spent almost £1m of public money on PR, marketing, public affairs and events in recent years despite 100 staff being threatened with redundancy due to budget cuts.
Home office bedroom sharing policy for asylum seekers sparks safety concerns
A Home Office policy forcing asylum seekers in hotels to share bedrooms will increase numbers and could escalate community tensions, campaigners have warned.
‘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.
How prescribing safe supply is helping drug users in Canada turn their lives around
The Ferret visits Vancouver, Canada, to find out how safe supply prescriptions are transforming lives in local communities.
Sheku Bayoh: The Inquiry podcast – Matters of the heart
Episode six of our Sheku Bayoh: The Inquiry podcast looks at evidence from the post-mortem and hears what expert witnesses found about the cause of his death.
Matters of the heart
The Ferret looks back on hearing three of the Sheku Bayoh Inquiry, which tried to get to the heart of what caused his death.
‘More than numbers to us’: how a homeless project is preventing Scottish drug deaths
Drug deaths in Scotland have fallen for the first time in almost a decade. But those using drugs in Glasgow City Centre – and across Scotland – need more support to make sure they not only survive, but thrive.
