The Compass Centre, also known as Shetland Rape Crisis, released their campaign #SaferShetland at the start of the annual 16 days of activism. The international campaign of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence runs from 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women until Human Rights Days on 10 December.
The crisis in the NHS is affecting all areas of the country from a shortage of GPs, nurses and midwives to lack of access to treatments like dentistry. Constituents are unable to get NHS dental appointments for themselves or their children, and it doesn’t take much imagination to see how delayed treatment can store up oral health problems later down the line. Even when young people do manage to see a dentist, if they require further treatment from an orthodontist they join another waiting list.
