safety

February 14, 2019

BMA critical of decision to allow GP at Hand expansion

The BMA says the service has caused disruption to local funding arrangements.
February 13, 2019

Urgent need to address drugs, violence and deaths at HMP Durham, say inspectors

The overcrowded prison has worryingly high levels of self-harm and self-inflicted and drug-related deaths.
February 9, 2019

Children’s Commissioner for England calls for compulsory register of home educated children

Anne Longfield, the Children’s Commissioner for England, has published a report, shining a light on the increasing number of children who are being educated at home.
February 6, 2019

Greenpeace responds to calls for weakening fracking regulations

The multi-national chemicals company INEOS wants the government to increase the seismicity limit to "a more sensible level on the Richter scale".
February 4, 2019

Prisoners need meaningful incentives to motivate and restore responsibility, says report

Restoring responsibility should be at the heart of government’s new prison behaviour scheme, says Prison Reform Trust.
February 3, 2019

Family of autistic child calls for tighter regulation of specialist schools

The family of an autistic child who had a spit-hood used on him at a school for children with special educational needs, has called for better regulation of specialist schools following the settlement of a legal claim on behalf of their son.
January 30, 2019

Report on the perceptions of children in custody

The Howard League for Penal Reform says it is shocking that the issue of safety is even a matter for discussion.
January 23, 2019

HMP Bedford: inspector invokes Urgent Notification protocol

Use of force by staff, including baton use, had risen significantly and was “exceptionally high."
January 8, 2019

Amnesty calls for Saudi woman to be protected from deportation

Amnesty International has responded to reports that Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, an 18-year-old Saudi woman, faces deportation from the transit zone hotel of Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok.
November 28, 2018

Howard League responds to inspection of Rainsbrook secure training centre

Howard League says it is disgraceful that children are still being placed in institutions where they are not safe.