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Sturgeon opens £33m NHS treatment centre in final engagement as First Minister

The National Treatment Centre in Kirkcaldy, Fife, is intended to address the backlog of planned care exacerbated by the pandemic.

The Independent UK

New bereavement suite to be built at South West Acute Hospital

The suite is the latest to be installed across hospitals in Northern Ireland

Belfast Live

OPINION - The Standard View: Our ‘On the Breadline’ campaign is helping Londoners through the cost of living crisis

Your generosity is still hard at work. Today the Evening Standard has handed out more than £1 million to charities supporting disadvantaged people across the capital, taking the total distributed from our On the Breadline campaign to nearly £4 million.

Evening Standard

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King Charles's state visit to France postponed amid protests

The trip, which was to begin on Sunday and be followed by a state visit to Germany, had been in the planning by the UK and host nations for months,

Wales Online

New care facility for children and young people gets green light

The new residential unit will provide services for children and young people and will replace Whitrigg House in East Whitburn

Daily Record

Why America was uniquely vulnerable to COVID

The pandemic experience varied sharply from state to state, according to an analysis published in The Lancet.

Axios

Award winning Castle Douglas volunteer Hollie Nelson shares her story in Galloway people

Inspirational Hollie has cerebral palsy but says there's "no point sitting and dwelling on things"

Daily Record

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International NHS Dumfries and Galloway staff to be welcomed with song and dance

Nursing and social care staff from India, the Philippines and Africa will be welcomed to the region with a night to celebrate the “rich” cultural diversity in the workforce

Daily Record

Broken Hill aged care struggles to meet registered nurse quotas

The town's only aged care provider says unless it can find extra nurses, it will have to reduce numbers at one of its homes by the end of the year.

ABC News

Thousands expected at funeral of RAF’s last black WW2 veteran due to surge in interest

“His story of valour and modesty has touched many”

Evening Standard

East Lothian's most vulnerable missing thousands of hours of care each week

Report reveals county has an over provision of care home beds, despite there being none in one of its six wards, but is failing to meet care at home needs with shortage of carers to meet demand

Edinburgh Live

Glasgow 'committed' to reducing the number of children in care

The number of youngsters in care has dropped over the last seven years, and now there is a push to bring the numbers down further.

Glasgow Live

‘How would you like to be in this dump?’: families’ horror at privately run UK care homes

Operators are pocketing large sums from councils while relatives speak of shocking conditions

The Guardian - UK

The touching 'letters to heaven' post box at a crematorium

'The process of writing a letter, or perhaps a birthday card, to a lost loved one brings therapeutic comfort'

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Number of full-time GPs in London down by nearly 100 in a year - despite rising demand

Fewer family doctors are working in the capital compared to last year despite rise in demand

Daily Record

Life expectancy map of Scotland shows how long you could live - check your area

Data has revealed the average life expectancy for every postcode area across Scotland, with huge differences between some parts of the country.

The Independent UK

Philadelphia to pay pregnant women $1,000 a month

The program will offer monthly cash payments to pregnant women living in certain Philadelphia communities for 18 months

Bangkok Post

State backing for wellness business is solid

The government has fully supported the private sector’s effort to make Thailand the global medical hub in the region, a health expert from the Ministry of Public Health said on Thursday.

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Belfast Live

Northern Trust announces decision on maternity services at Causeway Hospital

A maternity-led unit at the Causeway Hospital had been considered but has now been 'discounted', the Trust say

The Conversation

How an African church choir made a difference to care home life in Greater Manchester

Care homes are rarely a source of good news. The system is underfunded, understaffed and overextended, and homes are routinely found to be inadequate. Of the 2,934 homes the Care Quality Commission inspected in the year to December 2022, 1,224 were deemed inadequate or requiring improvement.

Daily Record

Ayrshire 'superhospital' plan on backburner as NHS faces 'deteriorating’ finances

NHS Ayrshire and Arran Chief Executive was giving evidence to the Scottish Parliament's Health, Social Care and Sport Committee.

The Independent UK

Junior doctors to strike for four days as health secretary ‘won’t negotiate’ on 35% pay demand

‘The government has dragged its feet at every opportunity. It has not presented any credible offer’ says the BMA

Daily Mirror

'Happy and healthy' boy, 2, went to bed for an afternoon nap and never woke up

Liam Mwaita Musvinu was a 'healthy and happy boy' and had spent the day with his family like any other, before he had a nap that the two-year-old would never wake up from

Los Angeles Times

LZ Granderson: Who are you calling old? An expanding 'middle age' upends everything

I've been thinking about death lately. Turning 50 can do that to a person.

Liverpool Echo

Doctor wanted CCTV if Lucy Letby returned to neonatal unit

Letby is accused of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder 10 others

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