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Keeping you up to date on the progress of the Named Person scheme and the NO2NP campaign.
NHS Lothian: ‘we don’t have the staff to cope with Named Person scheme’
Posted 8 years agoOne of Scotland’s biggest health boards, NHS Lothian, is facing serious staff shortages and admits it is unlikely to be…
Continue ReadingNew 2016 Roadshows: Greenock ● Falkirk ● Dunfermline
Posted 8 years agoWe’re pleased to announce new NO2NP Roadshows for 2016. Our teams of speakers will visit Greenock (18 January), Falkirk (01…
Continue ReadingTaxi drivers recruited under GIRFEC to spy on children
Posted 8 years ago‘What happens in the taxi doesn’t stay in the taxi’ A child protection training officer has been caught disclosing that…
Continue ReadingAND NOW FOR THE NAMED PERSON PANTOMIME – OOOOH YES IT IS!
Posted 8 years agoAn extract from a talk by Alison Preuss of Home Education Forums, given at the Prestwick Roadshow on 8th December…
Continue Reading‘THEY TRIED TO SEPARATE ME FROM MY NEWBORN SON’
Posted 8 years agoThe troubling story of Kayley Hutton in 2013 was described as the “first example” of how the controversial Named Person…
Continue ReadingNO2NP ACTION DAY – AYR
Posted 8 years agoOn the penultimate Saturday before Christmas, most people are out buying their Christmas presents, but after a well-attended roadshow in…
Continue ReadingNO2NP ROADSHOW: PRESTWICK
Posted 8 years agoThe Prestwick meeting was packed on Tuesday night for the latest NO2NP Roadshow event. People from across South Ayrshire turned…
Continue ReadingNHS staff shortage spells further setback for Named Person scheme
Posted 8 years agoA number of Scotland’s health boards have admitted to a severe shortage of sufficiently trained health visitors, raising serious questions…
Continue ReadingNamed Person ‘bureaucracy’ is a big issue, says leader of headteachers
Posted 8 years agoGeneral Secretary of the Association of Headteachers and Deputes in Scotland, Greg Dempster, has raised concerns about what the bureaucracy…
Continue ReadingNamed Persons being ‘trained to suspect parents’, warns sociologist
Posted 8 years agoLeading sociologist and supporter of the NO2NP campaign, Dr Stuart Waiton, has strongly criticised the Named Person scheme and the…
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