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This call comes after revelations of overuse of restraint and forced injections at adolescent inpatient psychiatric unit, Skye House.

A factsheet for private tenants is now available in multiple languages and formats.

Buchanan Galleries has teamed up with SignLive, a digital service that provides access to live British Sign Language interpreters.

A Fife charity is celebrating 160 years of helping people with Visual Impairment

Audiologists call for more research into the impact of noise-cancelling headphones, particularly among children

New BSL Video Relay Service for Help to Claim Universal Credit service

A deaf teenager has won a legal fight against Fife Council to have a British Sign Language interpreter in her class for school lessons

Hearts & Minds' Clown doctors work with Sight Scotland on a pilot project called Play & Connect

Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership have published two factsheets using funding from the Scottish Government's See Hear Strategy

The Scottish Braille Press announces significant investment in a state-of-the-art braille printer

Renato Trotta is a PhD researcher at the University of St. Andrews studying the accessibility of museums for people with Visual Impairment.

New tactile paving to help people with Visual Impairment move around the city more safely is to be trialled in Morningside.

Rose arrives at a Retirement Village on a bold and heartfelt mission – to teach British Sign Language (BSL)

Scotland's new national suicide prevention public awareness campaign and website launch.

This consultation is seeking views on how to introduce mandatory ethnicity and disability pay reporting for large employers.

The ALLIANCE is establishing a Community of Practice to address concerns around the right to health in Scotland.

The ALLIANCE has published a response to a consultation on Video Relay Service for BSL users

The Scottish Parliament's Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee wants your views on the impact of the BSL (Scotland) Act.

The ALLIANCE has produced a report for the Scottish Parliament’s Cross-party Group on Deafness on dementia assessments and sensory care

The Scottish Advisory Panel for Offender Rehabilitation (SAPOR) is selecting new members to join their panel.

The ALLIANCE has been working with members to review existing evidence for NHS Reform

Independent Age’s Older People’s Economic Wellbeing Index: Scotland 2024–25 is a nationally representative poll of people aged 66 and over.

Following a series of regional events, the report provides a snapshot of how GIRFEC is currently implemented.

NHS Scotland Operational Improvement Plan sets out actions to improve aspects of healthcare delivery.