Mental health

Scottish constitution should include the right to free healthcare

Author / Creator: Jim Stamper

Media type: Newspaper article

Date published:

IT was hugely significant that the auditor general recently reported that poor mental health cost the Scottish economy £8.8 billion in 2019.


Education matters – our kids' mental health

Author / Creator: Charlie McCarthy

Date published: 2024

Absenteeism in school is a consequence of our kid's mental health. In this article, the author explains how this can be overcome.


The Predictable Crisis

Author / Creator: Nick Kempe

Media type: Policy Paper

Date published:

Common Weal investigates the impact of Covid-19 in Scottish Care homes and finds that the warnings about the weaknesses in pandemic preparation were repeatedly ignored with the result of causing “The single greatest failure in devolved government since the creation of the Scottish Parliament”