Tags: Public services
NSS welcomes Network Rail decision to remove religious messaging
Following NSS criticism, Islamic hadith calling for 'sinners to repent' removed from departure board at King's Cross station. Read More »
Regulator to investigate GP who led proscribed Islamist group
Following NSS intervention, medical regulator says there are "potential fitness to practice concerns" over GP who led Islamist group. Read More »
Don’t undermine secular nature of Remembrance, NSS urges government
Efforts to make remembrance resemble a religious service should be rejected, NSS says. Read More »
NSS backs plan to decouple school spring break from Easter in Wales
NSS says it is "increasingly anachronistic" to structure school holidays around Easter when less than half the population is Christian. Read More »
Resist calls for £50m a year for churches, NSS urges minister
Churches trust also calls for churches to host NHS services. Read More »
GP who leads proscribed Islamist group suspended by NHS
NSS urges General Medical Council to consider whether Dr Wahid Shaida is fit to practice. Read More »
Tribunal: Teen “traumatised” after told by GP to apologise to God
Dr Richard Scott clasped suicidal patient's hands in prayer, "insisted" on giving him a bible three times, tribunal hears Read More »
Tribunal: GP’s evangelism of teenage patient was misconduct
Christian doctor reportedly clasped vulnerable teenage patient's hands in prayer and gave him a bible Read More »
Government awards £2.2m grant to homophobic and misogynistic mosque
Grant is paused and investigation launched following NSS concerns Read More »
NHS trust wants to “better understand” why its chaplain met Taliban
Suliman Gani met with minister who is "a key figure in the Taliban's ideological projects" Read More »
Study: Brits wary of religion but at ease with religious difference
People in Great Britain are increasingly wary of religion yet comfortable with people belonging to different religions,... Read More »
Cabinet ministers to speak at Christian nationalist conference
The National Secular Society has expressed alarm over plans for cabinet ministers to speak alongside anti-LGBT campaigners... Read More »
NSS questions “biased” government faith review
The National Secular Society has said a government review into faith engagement is biased and threatens to further... Read More »
NSS questions “biased” government faith review
The National Secular Society has said a government review into faith engagement is biased and threatens to further... Read More »
Government terminates funding of “hate speech” Christian group
The government has ended its funding agreement with a charity whose chair called Islam "demonic" after the National... Read More »
Council reviews funding of Christian group accused of “hate speech”
A council is conducting an "urgent review" of its relationship with a Christian charity that the government criticised... Read More »
Government criticises “hate speech” of Christian charity it funded
The government will "urgently investigate" a recipient of its grant for faith groups after the charity's chair said... Read More »
Chair of government-funded charity says Islam is “demonic”
The government recently gave thousands of pounds to a Christian group whose chair said Islam is "demonic" and "spiritual... Read More »
Government funds charity bringing “biblical truth” to sex workers
The National Secular Society has criticised the government for funding a faith group which aims to bring "biblical... Read More »
Proselytising doctor must attend further training
A Christian GP who received complaints over evangelising to patients is to attend a 'professional boundaries course'... Read More »
Expect shift of healthcare to places of worship, say MPs
Faith groups will receive "increasingly significant" amounts of public money to run community services such as healthcare,... Read More »
NSS: Don’t let religion impede women escaping violence in Scotland
Using faith groups to deliver services for women experiencing violence may risk exploitation, the National Secular... Read More »
NSS urges MoD to address Christian-centric approach to welfare
The National Secular Society has urged the Ministry of Defence to ensure its welfare provision is fully inclusive... Read More »
Discriminatory prison chaplaincy may be unlawful, paper warns
The National Secular Society is calling for reform of prison chaplaincy after research found nonreligious prisoners... Read More »
Priests’ access to crime scenes: Police must weigh priorities
Police have been told to 'balance priorities' when asked to allow priests on crime scenes, following advice from the... Read More »
