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Nursing home horror: 'Pray' says Anglican Bishop

Newcastle Anglican Bishop Peter Stuart was aware of staff shortages behind the neglect at Storm Village nursing home as early as November 30.

Newcastle Herald

Retirees wanted as volunteers

The Ministry of Education aims to recruit 30,000-plus retirees to volunteer in a new programme designed to assist others, including elderly people who need help with life-long education and occupational training.

Bangkok Post

Nottinghamshire doctors see more than double amount of patients than England average

Papers state that the local NHS system has been under “unprecedented pressure”

Nottingham Post

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Gidgee Healing withdraws aged care service from Gulf communities due to underfunding

A major health organisation is withdrawing its aged care service from remote Queensland citing underfunding and staff shortages. Local leaders are calling on the federal government to do more to support elderly residents.

ABC News

The Guardian view on Labour’s plans for self-referral: approach with caution

Editorial: Letting more patients bypass GPs and refer themselves to specialists risks heaping pressure on a system already in crisis

The Guardian - UK

Belfast woman's plea after mum stuck on hospital ward in Malta

The Falls Road grandmother was on holidays with her son with she took unwell

Belfast Live

Number of West Dunbartonshire teens reaching 'positive destinations' after care drops

The council admitted there was concern over whether the figures were accurate after previous reports showed them hitting 100%.

Glasgow Live

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Heart transplant for boy stymied by Northern Ireland assembly deadlock

DUP criticised as Dáithí Mac Gabhann and others needing operation hit by Stormont impasse choking organ donation law

The Guardian - UK

Seriously ill Lanarkshire baby born with bowel growing outside body desperate for life-saving transplant

Zachary Logan Bradford was born at at just 28 weeks by emergency C-section due to an abdominal wall defect that meant his bowel was growing outside his body. He spent the first three months of his life at Glasgow's Royal Hospital for children.

Glasgow Live

Florida nursing homes see spike in serious violations

TAMPA, Fla. — A man in a wheelchair was left outside a St. Petersburg nursing home on a 95-degree summer day. When the nursing home’s staff discovered him two hours later, he was unresponsive. His body temperature had climbed to 106.

Tribune News Service

Care home couple share their secret after 66 years of marriage

David and Ann Gore, aged 92 and 90, met in Germany while Ann was staying with friends in the Ruhr region

The Independent UK

Best friends celebrate turning 103 together on the same day in the same care home

Kath Wood and Rennie box who both live at the Homefield House Care Home in Grimsby say the secret to a long life is being happy and keeping a smile on your face.

Daily Record

Heartbroken young Dublin couple raising funds after discovering shock price of baby's headstone

Parents Reita Mallak and Glen McDermot were shocked to discover the cost of the funeral and headstone needed for their daughter Mya who was stillborn in 2021. The young couple say they found themselves with no option but to launch a fundraiser.

Irish Mirror

My generation is sucking Britain’s young people dry. Why are politicians too scared to admit it?

The social contract between young and old is broken and inequality is out of control. The government must step in, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

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Anglican Bishop 'appalled' by Storm Village aged care facility's non-compliance with safety standards

The Anglican Bishop of Newcastle admits Anglican Care "failed" the residents of its Storm Village aged care facility in Taree, following sanctions for serious compliance issues.

Nottingham Post

Expectant mum told 'unanimously no' as she hopes to take husband away after birth

She asked why it's so much harder for mums to leave babies

The Guardian - AU

New home care package rules limit claims but Labor government denies they amount to cuts

Department of Health and Aged Care rejects accusations that rules introduced new exclusions, saying they only provided clarification

Zenger

How Older People May Produce Younger Blood To Keep Them Healthier

Rejuvenating effects of keeping blood young could soon be taken in a pill to help people maintain their health as they grow older.

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AAP

'Alarm bells' as remote Australians live shorter lives

The Australia Institute's Unlucky Country report reveals the growing disparity in life expectancy between the city and the bush.

Chronicle Live

Male mental health charity aims to reassure men "it's okay to talk" at new Washington group

ANDYSMANCLUB has opened a group at Nissan Sports and Leisure Centre in October 2022 and is looking to help more men open up

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh woman with a walker seen struggling through traffic and tram works

An Edinburgh pensioner was filmed by a concerned resident as she took her walker on a busy road, with ongoing tram works thought to be causing confusion at the bottom of Leith Walk.

Dublin Live

Parents raising funds after discovering shock price of baby's headstone

Parents Reita Mallak and Glen McDermot were shocked to discover the cost of the funeral and headstone needed for their daughter Mya who was stillborn in 2021

Daily Record

Scotland faces 'exodus of nursing staff' as thousands quit the profession

There are more than 4,600 vacant registered nursing posts in the NHS in Scotland – meaning 10 per cent of all posts across the country are empty.

Evening Standard

Elderly patient in east London hospital waited nearly two days for bed, report finds

Health regulator raises ‘significant concerns’ over ‘overcrowding’ in A&E at Queen’s Hospital in Romford

The Independent UK

One in five 55 to 59-year-olds in parts of England are unpaid carers – census

The proportion rises to as high as one in four in a few places when looking only at female unpaid carers.

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