Date: 17th April 2013
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

A public consultation was released on 17th April 2013 on the draft regulations on Carers (Waiving of Charges for Support) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 to accompany the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013.

Date: 11th April 2013
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, General measures of implementation

UNICEF has launched the Innocenti Report Card 11: Child well-being in rich countries - a comparative overview' which provides an update to the data found in the previous Report Card 7 which was published in 2007.

Date: 11th April 2013
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The most deprived areas in Scotland will take the biggest financial hit when the present welfare reforms come into effect.

Date: 2nd April 2013
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Following the Annual Day on the Rights of the Child, the Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on children's right to health.

Date: 27th March 2013
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care

The Growing Confidence initiative aims to promote positive mental health and emotional wellbeing by training parents, carers and practitioners to run Raising Children With Confidence courses, and will now run Scotland-wide.

Date: 27th March 2013
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

A recent evaluation in Glasgow and a systemic review and meta-analysis of Triple P (positive parenting programme) more generally indicate that the long-term effectiveness of the programme is unclear.

Date: 13th March 2013
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

A report providing detailed information of food consumption and the nutrient intakes of infants and young children (four to 18 months) in Scotland is now available on the Scottish Government website.

Date: 1st March 2013
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

UNICEF UK responded to England's public consultation on better measurements of child poverty that closed on 15th February 2013.

Date: 18th February 2013
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The third interim evaluation report of the NHS Lothian Family Nurse Partnership programme is now available, covering the programme's delivery in the infancy period (from 6 weeks to first Birthday).

Date: 15th February 2013
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) are about to begin a new recruitment phase for young people to join their Youth Advisory Panel.

Date: 8th February 2013
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Save the Children Scotland has recently published a report, co-authored by Eurochild member John McKendrick, which reviews how child poverty is being tackled locally in Scotland, UK.

Date: 31st January 2013
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

UNICEF UK joined with over 100 other organisations to launch the 'Enough Food for Everyone IF' Campaign at Somerset House on 23 January 2013.

Date: 29th January 2013
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The Netherlands Youth Institute outlined the child welfare systems of Denmark, England, Finland, Germany, Norway and Sweden in its report 'Jeugdzorg in Europa versie 2.0' ('Child welfare in Europe version 2.0').

Date: 21st January 2013
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation's sixth study of poverty and social exclusion in Scotland highlights a huge rise in unemployment for under-25s, and stark and growing health inequalities.

Date: 5th December 2012
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The number of young people seeking help about self-harm has soared by more than two thirds (68%) in the last year, according to the ChildLine annual report, 'Saying the Unsayable.'

Date: 4th December 2012
Category: Respect for the views of the child, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The analysis of responses to the Children and Young People Bill consultation has now been published on the Scottish Government website.

Date: 5th November 2012
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Civil Rights and Freedoms

While there are an estimate 120,000 children living in the United Kingdom without legal immigration status, there are no concrete figures for the number of children with no nationality, precisely because there is no official record of them.

Date: 2nd November 2012
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, General measures of implementation

This new online self-access course covers the application of the law, human rights, medical ethics and rules of professional conduct of medical care for children.

Date: 20th July 2012
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on 'Getting our Priorities Right'. The purpose of this Guidance is to provide an updated good practice framework for all child and adult service practitioners working with vulnerable children and families affected by problematic parental alcohol or drug use.

Date: 20th July 2012
Category: General measures of implementation, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

The Scottish Government has launched a new national website with clear, accessible information on what the public should do if they are concerned for a child's welfare.