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Doctors claim hospital discharge guidance could see patients die

The British Medical Association claims any decision to discharge patients from wards without proper social care support would 'transfer the liability and risk to clinicians'

Wales Online

Australia to get bigger and older faster

Australia will reshape over the next decade to become bigger and older, which will have implications for the entire population.

AAP

China should brace for brutal Covid winter

Last month, China ended its zero-Covid policy, bringing a tumultuous end to restrictions after nearly three years. The suddenness of the move surprised nearly everyone. The process could have been much more gradual, with a slower shift from mass forced lockdowns to more flexible policies. Instead, it has effectively thrown…

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'The current state of the NHS leaves me sick to my stomach - it's terrifying'

In this week's column Val, the mum of Mirror columnist and football legend Robbie Savage, says telling people to stay away from A&E because it’s full of flu and Covid patients leads to deaths

Daily Mirror

Britain's NHS nightmare: How COVID-19, cost-cutting and burnout pushed the UK's health system to the brink

British doctors are risking their jobs to speak out against what they say is an unfolding catastrophe in the national health system, with patients left lying on hospital floors and in corridors while they wait for help.

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South Tyneside teacher who owes life to 42 blood donors backs urgent call for people in the North East to donate

Keri Anglin, 45, suffered a terrifying haemorrhage seven years ago. As a result, she more than most knows how vital blood donations can be.

Chronicle Live

Girl, 4, died of sepsis following 'missed opportunities' at hospital

A coroner has called for changes to help prevent similar future fatalities following the death of Eva Hayden

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Beloved doctor who served NHS for 50 years tragically dies of Covid a week after retiring

'For some families he had served five generations of the same family'

Wales Online

Strangers fundraise for funeral of tragic Strep A mum who died on Christmas Eve

One kind individual handed over £250 to the burial.

Daily Record

Girl, 4, dies of sepsis following 'missed opportunities'

Both hospital trusts said lessons have been learnt since Eva's tragic death

Liverpool Echo

Rural Stirling projects share in funding to help takes ideas into action for communities

The main beneficiaries including a Callander youth project, a dementia support group and a 'warm bank' proposal.

Daily Record

Macron warns of more healthcare woes as he flags reforms

The struggles of France's health system will probably get worse before things improve, President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged on Friday, as he pledged to improve working conditions and hire more medical assistants for administrative tasks.

Reuters

Pensioner with a broken hip strapped to bin lid and driven to A&E in van instead of ambulance

The family of 79-year-old Pamela Rolfe claim she would have died had they not taken matters into their own hands

Wales Online

Elderly man killed in blaze at care home near Regent’s Park

An elderly man died and another is in hospital after a blaze at a care home near Regent’s Park in central London.

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Bangkok Post

Covid surge exposes China's healthcare gap

TANGSHAN, China: Understaffed and underfunded clinics stand half-empty in parts of the Chinese countryside even as hospitals in major cities heave under an unprecedented Covid wave — an illustration of the stark disparities in the country's healthcare system.

AAP

Aged care sector a 'mess' as losses mount

An accountancy firm has found seven out of 10 aged care centres ran at a loss over three months in 2022, as the federal government admits the sector is a mess.

Daily Mirror

Secret to long life revealed by oldest woman in the US before she dies aged 115

Bessie Hendricks, born November 7, 1907, in Carroll County, Maryland, was said to be the oldest person living in the US when she died at her care home in Salt Lake City on Tuesday

Manchester Evening News

Tragedy as husband and wife both found dead at home

Janet and Graham Milner died at their shared home in Wigan on December 31

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Excess deaths in UK hit highest level in two years amid NHS crisis

The Office for National Statistics has revealed a total weekly death toll of 14,530, 21 per cent higher than the average for this time of year

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Crying grandmother begged family to let her die after 33-hour wait on hospital trolley

Figures show that excess deaths in the week leading up to Christmas were the highest in two years

AAP

Rebound in migration figures 'optimistic'

The Australian government expects migration numbers to bounce back but troubling economic conditions and other uncertainties could weigh on migration.

Liverpool Echo

Six women arrested after boy, 1, dies at Midlands nursery

Police said the death is being treated as suspicious

Manchester Evening News

'Geriatric' mum defends Stacey Solomon after she was shamed by trolls over pregnancy age

Stacey faced criticism over her age after revealing she is pregnant with her fifth child

The Independent UK

Six women held over ‘suspicious’ death of one-year-old boy at nursery

West Midlands Police said a criminal investigation was launched after the death in Dudley on December 9.

Irish Mirror

Mum whose daughter died in 2019 after 17 hours on a trolley says the tragedy has changed nothing

Melanie Sheehan, whose daughter Eve Cleary (21) died in UHL in 2019, said she will “never again” bring any of her remaining five children to the Limerick ED

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