Uncertainty surrounding future of Perthshire GP brought to light at Scottish Parliament Invergowrie Medical Practice patients were told in February the health facility would shut permanently on June 16 Daily Record · May 19, 2023
NSW Health report finds worker shortages impacted COVID-19 pandemic response in regional and remote areas A new report into NSW Health's response to COVID-19 shows already under-staffed rural and remote health services did not have capacity to "surge" the workforce at the peak of the pandemic. ABC News · May 19, 2023
Tribute paid to Paisley boy with 'big, loving heart' found dead in flat by council director The director of children's services at Renfrewshire Council has paid tribute to four year-old Kayden Frank, who was found murdered inside a Paisley flat as he confirms he was known to social services. Glasgow Live · May 19, 2023
Afternoon Update: Tasering of 95-year-old woman under investigation; Stan Grant steps down; and falling for a sex worker Clare Nowland remains in a critical condition in hospital after the incident at her Cooma aged care home The Guardian - AU · May 19, 2023
Mother of Jasmeen Kaur 'tormented' by daughter's murder, South Australian court hears Tarijkot Singh wanted to "forcibly marry" 21-year-old Jasmeen Kaur after she refused him "one hundred times", Ms Kaur's mother tells a South Australian court. ABC News · May 19, 2023
Cemeteries to merge after audit on Sydney grave space Three embattled state-owned cemetery managers in Sydney will be merged as Muslims and those of some Orthodox faiths face running out of graves in three years. AAP · May 18, 2023
Grandmother, 95, fighting for life after being tasered A 95-year-old woman with dementia was tasered after staff at her aged care home, fearing she was carrying a knife, called NSW Police. AAP · May 18, 2023
Queen Elizabeth II's funeral cost UK government 162 million pounds, Treasury papers reveal The UK government releases its costing details of the funeral for Queen Elizabeth II, but remains tight-lipped about the costs of King Charles's coronation. ABC News · May 18, 2023
Council boss pays tribute to 'loving' boy Kayden Frank after murder Steven Quinn, Renfrewshire Council' director of Children Services, confirmed Kayden was 'known to social work' in a heartbreaking statement. Daily Record · May 18, 2023
Women Feel More Confident Today Than They Did 10 Years Ago Seven in 10 women, however, admitted that they care what others think or say about them. Zenger · May 18, 2023
Thousands wait years for healthcare in Wales as NHS misses its target Patients have been waiting more than two years in more than 30,000 cases in Wales Wales Online · May 18, 2023
Kirkintilloch parents scramble for childcare as much-loved nursery announces shock closure The Tender Loving Childcare Centre has announced it will be 'forced to close' on May 23 after it was given just a week's notice by the new owners of the building. Glasgow Live · May 18, 2023
Inquiry into major UK maternity scandal slams NHS for failure to consult Black and Asian families Investigation into death of babies at NHS trust triggered by report in The Independent has involved 250 white families – but only 20 from ethnic minorities The Independent UK · May 18, 2023
Humza Yousaf urged to ‘do the right thing’ and reinstate fund for social care staff The First Minister was asked to continue to fund a scheme that ended on March 31st. Daily Record · May 18, 2023
Chronicle Live · May 18, 2023 Shiremoor charity using life experiences to help fight poverty in North East Support and Grow North East is celebrating a year of making a real difference to people's lives across the region
Daily Mirror · May 18, 2023 Woman, 95, fighting for life after being tasered TWICE by police in care home Clare Nowland, a 95-year-old mother-of-eight, was found by staff holding a knife at her care home Yallambee Lodge, in southern New South Wales, in Australia
Daily Mirror · May 18, 2023 Woman, 106, reveals her secret to long life is a daily shot of coffee liqueur Esperanza Cortinas from Ourense, Spain, has lived through two world wars and pandemics and she says her long life is down to her enjoying a daily shot of coffee liqueur
Edinburgh Live · May 18, 2023 West Lothian dad who lost mum to cancer undertakes brave 1,243-mile charity cycle Colin says that he hopes to emulate in some way the mental health isolation that his mother, Dot, must have experienced when her cancer robbed her of the ability to speak to her loved ones.
Chronicle Live · May 18, 2023 'Massive shock' care home closure leaves County Durham residents just weeks to find a new place to live Shotley Park in County Durham will close within a month.
Nottingham Post · May 18, 2023 Black and Asian women share ‘deepened mistrust’ of Nottingham maternity services Black and Asian families have said that they feel “easy to ignore”
ABC News · May 18, 2023 People 'keen to donate' in push to reopen Kalgoorlie blood donor centre a decade after closure Outside of the state's south, there's almost nowhere to donate blood if you live in regional Western Australia, but residents in Kalgoorlie-Boulder hope to change that.
Daily Mirror · May 17, 2023 Grandma, 77, marries herself in 'dream wedding' she always wanted after life of heartache Dorothy 'Dottie' Fideli put on a white wedding dress and married herself in a stunning ceremony at her retirement home in Ohio on May 13
The Hindu · May 17, 2023 Kerala: an exemplary story in palliative care Kerala shows how diverse groups of people — across religious, caste, class, and gender divides — forged solidarities to create care infrastructure
The Independent UK · May 17, 2023 Nurse ‘slapped elderly patient while he lay in hospital bed’, court told Primrose James denies ill-treating the patient in Haverfordwest, Wales, in May last year.
Reuters · May 17, 2023 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.