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Out of vetoes, Portugal president enacts law allowing euthanasia

Portugal's conservative President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has signed a bill decriminialising euthanasia into law in the Catholic-majority country after parliament on Friday overturned the last of his four vetoes.

Reuters

Gender inequality gets worse as women get older in Wales

A report from Chwarae Teg has exposed the widening gap between the genders as people get older

Birmingham Post

West Lothian Council leader says decision to privatise care homes 'lies with Scottish Government'

Lawrence Fitzpatrick said he wrote to the First Minister at the end of March pleading with him to allocate more funding

Daily Record

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Outrage over flaw that may encourage Australia’s aged care homes to select residents based on profit margin

Labor urged to address concerns as co-designer of funding model says exploiting system has been big business ‘for years’

The Guardian - AU

Mervyn Kohler obituary

Other lives: External affairs adviser at Help the Aged who helped the public understand the human implications of complex policy issues

The Guardian - UK

Pregnant Nottingham woman stuck in Greek hospital 'fearing for baby'

She has hit out at an insurance firm who she says missed a chance to repatriate her

Nottingham Post

Tragic suicide cases are 'powerful argument' for legalising assisted dying, MPs told

Health chiefs from countries which have given ill people control over how they die shared a range of experiences in a debate on a potential change to the law in the UK

Daily Mirror

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Two NHS unions vote to accept Welsh Government pay offer

The GMB and RCM have both now accepted the revised Welsh Government pay offer

Wales Online

'I did a DNA kit and found out my wife is my cousin - my family knew all along'

A man has taken to Reddit to share how he discovered his wife is actually his cousin - and his family had a inkling all along but decided to keep it a secret

Daily Mirror

Belfast community's fundraising efforts after death of young dad

Tommy, who has been described as 'a true gent', died 14 months after his diagnosis

Belfast Live

Health Secretary Steve Barclay and nursing union leader Pat Cullen to meet as pay row continues

The Royal College of Nursing, that is holding its annual conference, has warned that strikes could go on until Christmas

Evening Standard

Kerala to launch people’s health centres offering decentralised care

Part of the Left Democratic Front government’s 100-day action plan, the project is being implemented under the Ardram Mission.

The Hindu

Health Secretary and nursing leader to meet as pay row continues

A Royal College of Nursing postal ballot on further industrial action will open on May 23 and close on June 23.

The Independent UK

Fresh concerns after delayed discharge figures for Ayrshire and Arran are revealed

Labour MSP Colin Smyth is demanding that the powers at be take "serious action."

Daily Record

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India likely to achieve SDG goals for reduction in newborn deaths: WHO expert Anshu Banerjee

India, which has taken proactive steps to reduce neonatal mortality, is likely to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets in this key area by 2030, a top WHO official has said, citing data on the annual rate of reduction for newborn deaths in the country between 2016 and 2021.

Zenger

Oldest Doctor In South Africa Keeps Going On The Job At 96 Years Old

Dr. John Callaghan doesn't stop as medicine is perceived as his life and dedication to help his patients.

Wales Online

Gender inequality gets worse as women get older in Wales

A report from Chwarae Teg has exposed the widening gap between the genders as people get older

The Guardian - UK

Ministers told to set out plan for hiring mental health nurses in England

Exclusive: Sector’s staffing crisis will have knock-on effect on whole NHS system, warns healthcare leader

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The Hindu

Safety, in the line of duty: on Kerala’s move and health-care workers

Other States must follow the example by Kerala and ensure the safety of health-care workers in private and public hospitals

The Guardian - UK

Briton tells Cyprus court wife begged him to end her cancer pain

David Hunter, who denies premeditated murder, tells trial his wife Janice’s life had become unbearable

The Independent UK

‘Really disturbing’: Boston residents living two miles apart have 23-year life expectancy gap, study reveals

‘Really disturbing’ life expectancy disparities were exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, researchers say

Glasgow Live

Cuts to Glasgow care at home service set to cause more delayed hospital discharges

The savings to care services have been blasted as 'madness.'

Daily Record

Dad shares heartbreaking final words of young Scot who took own life to break mental health stigma

Neil McPherson has bravely spoken out about his son Ross' sudden death in a bid to break the stigma surrounding mental health

Daily Record

Scots dad who suffered stroke couldn't remember young daughter when he woke up

He was rushed by ambulance to Glasgow Royal Infirmary before being transferred to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

Evening Standard

Nursing union calls for new pay talks as teachers and doctors hold strike ballots

Senior doctors and teachers are being balloted for strike action

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