Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News on Ageing

Four years after launch, awareness about Ayushman Bharat Arogya Karnataka health scheme remains poor: Study

Although it has been over four years since the Ayushman Bharat Arogya Karnataka (AB-ArK) health scheme was rolled out, awareness and knowledge about the scheme has still not reached all. A study by the Population Research Centre at Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) in three districts in Karnataka…

The Hindu

West Lothian care homes will remain open as health board backs council plan

The IJB agreed to accept the council's offer and have agreed that there are no plans to close any of the long-term placement care homes

Daily Record

South Koreans get younger as traditional age system dropped

SEOUL: Lee Jung-hee was set to turn 60 next year but South Korea dropped its traditional age counting system Wednesday, so the Seoul-based housewife just got a year younger - and she's thrilled.

Bangkok Post

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Qld health boss resigns after whistleblower controversy

A health department chief is resigning after controversy over a recommendation to prosecute staff who disclose "inappropriate" information to journalists.

AAP

Outgoing commissioner brands NDIS cut-off age an oddity

The age discrimination commissioner has queried why people are cut off from the National Disability Insurance Scheme once they reach 65.

AAP

Australia facing perfect storm on age discrimination

Age Discrimination Commissioner Kay Patterson, who is stepping down from the role next month, says a national power-of-attorney register is needed.

AAP

West Lothian care homes remain open as health board backs council plan

Jobs and long term care homes places guaranteed as joint health committee backs £1.2m five-year rescue, but changes to hospital care for the elderly unsettle councillors who call for more information

Edinburgh Live

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

The Britons who made their final journey to Dignitas clinic

Stories of people who travelled to the Swiss assisted-dying facility to end their lives

The Guardian - UK

Hancock: Adult social care ‘was in nowhere near good-enough shape’ for pandemic

Former health secretary Matt Hancock insisted responsibility for ensuring pandemic preparedness in the sector “formally fell to local authorities”.

The Independent UK

South Korea has the lowest fertility rate in the world – and that doesn't bode well for its economy

Around the world, nations are looking at the prospect of shrinking, aging populations – but none more so than South Korea.

The Conversation

Nurses fail to vote in sufficient numbers for fresh strikes in England

Fewer than 50% of RCN members voted in ballot, falling short of proportion required for result to stand

The Guardian - UK

Watchdog raps Bristol hospital bosses for failing to let woman know her mum was dying

University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Trust says it has learned lessons from four cases partly upheld by ombudsman

Bristol Post

Nurses strike called off in Wales as talks with Welsh Government resume

The strike has been paused as nurses hope to get a new agreement on non-pay issues in their job

Wales Online

Doctor vows to climb peak in every Irish county in memory of sister-in-law

Dr Richard Horgan will scale Kippure in Dublin alongside 31 additional peaks as part of a charitable campaign

Dublin Live

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Hindu

School drop-outs should be brought back to achieve 100% literacy: T.N. CM Stalin

Children who drop out should be brought back into the schools, Tamil Nadu CM M.K. Stalin said in Chennai on June 26, 2023

The Hindu

Medical faculty promotion counselling from July 4

The preparations for counselling for promotion of assistant professors to associate professors in medical colleges will begin from July 4, Health Minister Ma. Subramanian has said.

Wales Online

The key points from day one of the inquest into Nicola Bulley's death

The inquest opened on Monday

Belfast Live

The mums using their experience to help others with heartache of baby loss

"To find a group of people that know how you're feeling is, it's quite rare, when this happens."

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Manchester Evening News

DWP changes to Universal Credit childcare payments come in this week - with some families eligible for £500 boost

A support package worth £900 million be made available to low-income famillies

The National (Scotland)

Scottish charities struggling with funding more than English counterparts

CHARITIES in Scotland are more likely to struggle with funding, a report has found.

Birmingham Post

Bristol social enterprise celebrates decade of work empowering under-represented young people

Babbasa helps disadvantaged young people from ethnic minority and low-income backgrounds into work, education and business

Chicago Sun-Times

Dear Abby: Dad lets son have girlfriend in his room, but for daughters, no boyfriends are allowed

Man enforces a double standard for the children, all in their 20s, who live with him.

Daily Record

South Ayrshire Council accused of 'discriminating' against women and disabled as Girvan health class axed

Members have hit out that council bosses have 'ridden roughshod' over their decision on the vital class.

Dynamite News

Uttar Pradesh: Hospital in Bareilly 'circumcises' 2.5-year-old, family alleges conspiracy; Licence suspended

The child’s family alleged the circumcision was done as part of a conspiracy as their signature was taken on a document written in English which they could not understand. Read further on Dynamite News:

Glasgow Live

College student who pre-booked bus seat refused to switch with elderly woman

The 22-year-old passenger refused to give up her window seat on a bus so an elderly woman could sit there instead, saying she should have pre-booked one if it was so important to her.

1 … 133 134 135 136

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Royal College of Nursing

Bristol Children Hospital

30 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.