On BBC Scotland’s Nine, last night Dr Marsha Scott of Scottish Women’s Aid, spoke of the 95% reported increase in calls during the lock-down and the way it has even further limited the choices available to those being abused. It’s a disturbing aspect of the strategy which further demonstrates the need for Scotland to be able to come out of lock-down as soon as is safely and sustainably possible. There was one positive comment from Dr Scott [47 min] which, of course, should be reported here: And one of the big things that we found on the helpline was that … Continue reading Police Scotland praised for sensitive approach to domestic abuse calls