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Keeping you up to date on the progress of the Named Person scheme and the NO2NP campaign.
Sunday Express: Big Brother becomes a surrogate mum and dad
Posted 3 years agoBy Paula Murray THE Scottish Government has earmarked £40million to hire an extra 500 health visitors over the next four…
Continue ReadingSNP invests £40 million in new state snoopers
Posted 3 years ago500 new health visitors will be recruited to deliver the Scottish Government’s controversial ‘Named Person’ plans, Health Secretary Alex Neil…
Continue ReadingNO2NP launch: Hundreds turn out to oppose ‘Named Person’ plans
Posted 3 years agoOver 200 people packed into one of Edinburgh’s flagship venues on Monday for the launch of the NO2NP campaign. Just…
Continue ReadingCampaign video unveiled at NO2NP launch
Posted 3 years agoThe NO2NP campaign video was unveiled at the launch event, which took place in Edinburgh on 9th June 2014.
Continue ReadingAllan Massie: Why the Named Person proposal is deplorable
Posted 3 years agoBy Allan Massie CBE, journalist and author. Ferdinand Mount wrote a book entitled “The Subversive Family”. The adjective surprised many. …
Continue ReadingThe Scotsman: “Scrap this unwanted law”
Posted 3 years agoSometimes what sounds like a good idea in theory turns out to be completely unworkable in practice. This looks to…
Continue ReadingShould teachers spend all day reading your kids’ medical reports?
Posted 3 years agoNHS Forth Valley says every headteacher is to be the Named Person for every child in their school. It says…
Continue ReadingDr Stuart Waiton: Named Person law ‘degrades the very meaning of privacy’
Posted 3 years agoBy Dr Stuart Waiton, a sociology lecturer at Abertay University, writing in a personal capacity. Here he expresses his deep…
Continue ReadingHighland Council Accused of “Big Brother” Tactics
Posted 3 years agoHighland Council has been criticised for introducing “state guardians” for all children in the region ahead of a legal battle…
Continue ReadingFury as Hospitals Begin Reporting Children’s Missed Appointments to ‘State Snoopers’
Posted 3 years agoTHE parents of children who miss their appointments at hospital are already being reported to state guardians. Doctors have told…
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