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Care home boss says Matt Hancock has 'no integrity' after WhatsApp messages leaked

This week, messages sent by former Health Secretary Matt Hancock during the coronavirus pandemic have been leaked. Three care home bosses have spoken to The Mirror about their despair

Daily Mirror

Mother of quintuplets thought she was just having twins: ‘Not even my doctor suspected this could’ve happened’

‘I was actually really shocked to find out we were having four girls and a boy’

The Independent UK

People at 'inadequate' care home told they couldn't go outside or to the shops

The facility has been put into special measures after staff were found to have no current DBS checks

Wales Online

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Court drops rape charges in Hathras case. Here’s what lawyers think

A special court in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday acquitted three persons and convicted one in the 2020 Hathras rape and murder case.

Newslaundry

Parents choosing to have babies elsewhere amid review into NUH maternity services

The maternity units at Queen's Medical Centre and City Hospital are currently subject to an independent review

Nottingham Post

Map: Countries where workers get paid leave to care for a sick parent

Caregiving is an increasingly urgent issue that constrains the labor force.

Axios

World's lowest birth rates as Pope Francis calls for Italians to have more babies

‘The number of births is the first indicator of the hope of a people. Without children and young people, a country loses its desire for the future,’ the Pope said in a recent speech

Evening Standard

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Assisted dying ban ‘failing families’ as British membership of Dignitas soars

Campaigning organisation Dignity in Dying said the numbers are ‘evidence that the ban on assisted dying is failing British families’.

The Independent UK

Texas’ foster care system is plagued with problems. Here’s how lawmakers want to fix it.

Texas legislators are considering increasing the Department of Family and Protective Services’ budget, giving extended relatives more money to care for kids and notifying the subjects of child abuse investigations of their rights.

The Texas Tribune

Glasgow gran found 'battered and bruised' at care home as family search for answers

Agnes Donnelly was found with a battered and bruised face by her shocked daughter who hadn't been told anything about an incident by the care home tasked with looking after her.

Glasgow Live

Construction of new Berwick Infirmary begins - with NHS bosses hoping it will open 'towards the end of 2024'

Work has begun building the new £35m Berwick Infirmary and people will have chance to find out more about it in drop in sessions

Chronicle Live

"We've had to shut down NHS scanners": Christie cancer treatment staff explain why they have to strike

More than 100 staff will go on strike tomorrow morning

Manchester Evening News

Devastated Covid families say Matt Hancock WhatsApp messages 'twist knife' in wounds

Bereaved relatives have told of their fury after Matt Hancock's bombshell texts on testing were leaked. Matt Forest, whose mum died of Covid, said the former Health Secretary 'betrayed' his mother

Daily Mirror

Baby's body found in massive search for missing child of Constance Marten

Constance Marten and her partner Mark Gordon were arrested in Brighton on Monday night, however, at the time their baby was still missing

Irish Mirror

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The Independent UK

States move to crack down on nurses with bogus diplomas

Medical licensing officials in multiple states are scrambling to stop nurses with fraudulent academic credentials from caring for patients, after three Florida schools were accused of selling thousands of bogus diplomas

Belfast Live

When Dáithí’s Law will come into effect in Northern Ireland

The Department of Health has announced when Dáithí’s Law will become official in NI

Daily Mirror

Steve Barclay to meet doctors in desperate attempt to avert huge NHS strike

The under-fire Health Secretary will hold a face-to-face meeting with the British Medical Association (BMA) - the first of any NHS trade union after the government opened talks with the Royal College of Nurses (RCN)

The Guardian - UK

Government’s pandemic failures led to higher deaths among minorities

Letter: It seems we do not want to learn the lessons from Covid, says Jabeer Butt of the Race Equality Foundation

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Wales Online

Major changes to council-run care homes in RCT have been approved

The plans were approved by cabinet on Tuesday, February 28

Wales Online

NHS workers will get an extra pay rise in Wales even as strikes set to continue

Several individual unions remain in dispute with the Welsh Government but a deal has been struck to get workers the extra 1.5% salary rise

The Independent UK

NHS Trust accused of causing ‘pain and grief’ for family in new mothers’ inquest

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Trust has delayed the five-year wait for answers for the families of two mothers who died after childbirth.

Irish Mirror

'We cannot allow it to steal more years' - CMO issues welcome Covid message to older people

"You will have missed out on family moments, or precious time with friends and neighbours and doing the things you always enjoyed"

The National (Scotland)

Forbes would decentralise National Care Service and boost carer pay to £15 an hour

THE National Care Service (NCS) should be decentralised and pay for carers raised to £15 an hour, SNP leadership contender Kate Forbes has said.

The Guardian - UK

Whatever the merits of the Hancock leaks, this much is clear: Britain needs to speed up its Covid inquiry

Did decisions made by the former health secretary lead to more care home deaths? We should already know, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Daily Record

People on Carer's Allowance urged to share experiences to help design new payment starting this year

Carer’s Allowance is set to be replaced by a new devolved payment at the end of this year.

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