Age limits in health care for terminally ill patients

Date: 24th February 2014
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

As Belgium amended its euthanasia law in February 2014 by lifting all age restrictions on the right to die, the debate on the legitimacy of imposing age limits for euthanasia is also taking place in Japan and Canada.

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Report on the experiences of mothers aged under 20 in Scotland

Date: 20th February 2014
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

A report has been published based on analysis of Growing Up in Scotland data on the circumstances of first-time mothers in Scotland who were aged under 20 at the time of the child's birth.

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Children and Young People Bill passed

Date: 19th February 2014
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Family Environment and Alternative Care, Respect for the views of the child, UK 1st periodic review

The Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill has been passed by MSPs following its final parliamentary scrutiny.

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Children and Young People Bill: Stage 3 briefings

Date: 18th February 2014
Category: Family Environment and Alternative Care, Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

A number of briefings have been produced ahead of the Children and Young People Bill Stage 3 Debate, which will commence on Wednesday 19 February.

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The international charter on prevention of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Date: 15th February 2014
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

A paper has been published in The Lancet which shares the charter on the prevention of fetal alcohol harm, which was agreed by 700 delegates from 35 nations at the first international conference on the prevention side of this life-altering condition.

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GIRFEC – do they get it? Invitation to awareness sessions

Date: 13th February 2014
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

This project will work with disabled children, young people and those with a long term condition as well as their parent/carers to help raise awareness of GIRFEC.

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Belgium extends euthanasia to children

Date: 13th February 2014
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

From Thursday 13 February Belgium became the first country in the world to allow euthanasia to children under the age of 18.

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Global Safer Internet Day 2014: “Let's create a Better Internet together”

Date: 11th February 2014
Category: Education, Leisure and Cultural Activities

The Safer Internet Day was celebrated on 11th February in over 100 countries and is organised each year to promote safer and more responsible use of online technology and mobile phones, especially amongst children and young people.

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Scotland sees bigger fall in child poverty

Date: 10th February 2014
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Child poverty fell in Scotland by 9.9% in the decade to 2012, compared with 5.7% in England, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation reported.

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SCCYP scoping exercise: children and young people with disabilities

Date: 4th February 2014
Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare

Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People is mapping existing areas of work specifically relating to disabled children and young people and their families, and is asking for your input.

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