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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 National (Scotland)

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

The Guardian - UK

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.

Daily Record

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What do Matt Hancock’s WhatsApp messages show? Not what the Telegraph wants us to see

The messages confirm what public health advisers knew: that during the Covid-19 pandemic ministers weren’t ‘following the science’ at all, says Prof Devi Sridhar

The Guardian - UK

Existing govt policies unable to halt decline in births

Fewer than 800,000 births were recorded in Japan in 2022 for the first time since the government began compiling relevant data. In the last 30 years or so, the government has been strengthening measures to deal with the situation, but it has been pointed out that the measures do not…

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Ex-UK health chief defends record after COVID messages leak

Britain’s former health minister is denying wrongdoing after a newspaper published extracts of private messages he sent in the first weeks of the coronavirus pandemic

The Independent UK

Hancock battling claims over Covid-19 care home testing after WhatsApp leak

Former health secretary Matt Hancock denied overruling clinical advice recommending comprehensive testing for people going into care homes.

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ICU beds to shut at Ayr Hospital as NHS chiefs admit strain on system

The news, broken to senior staff yesterday, has sparked a furious reaction with critical care beds set to move to Crosshouse.

Daily Record

Dumfries and Galloway healthcare workers urged to accept new pay offer

The Royal College of Nursing and Unison is recommending members take the latest deal from the Scottish Government

Daily Record

Galloway maternity services review expected to attract large turnout

The birthing suite at Galloway Community Hospital in Stranraer has been closed since 2018

Daily Record

Edinburgh the second most expensive region for nursery costs in Scotland

Research has been carried out to look at the most expensive places to place your child in for nursery care across the nation. Edinburgh comes in at second top for the most costly area.

Edinburgh Live

Byron Bay's Feros Care village residents told to find new home as facility set to be redeveloped

More than 40 aged care residents at Feros Care village in Byron Bay are in a state of shock, after being told they will need to find a new home to make way for an "intergenerational community centre".

ABC News

Care home residents made to get up at 4.30am so over-stretched staff could get them ready for the day

Linden Housewas found to be in breach of four care regulations

Manchester Evening News

So fathers want to be ‘more present’ in the home? Put down your phone and I’ll tell you how

Babysitting is all very well, but to truly lighten a woman’s load, partners must juggle physical, emotional and cognitive labour

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Hancock disputes ‘distorted’ leak over care home testing

Investigation by The Telegraph alleges the then-health secretary rejected advice on testing in care homes during the pandemic.

Irish Mirror

More than a quarter of all Covid-19 deaths in Ireland were in nursing homes

Health bosses also determined 12,582 cases of the virus were linked to outbreaks in acute hospitals

Wales Online

Midwives reject Welsh Government's pay offer

The Royal College of Midwives will now be taking the result to its governing Board to decide on the next steps

The Independent UK

Doctor ‘wishes he had gone to police over nurse Lucy Letby baby collapse concerns’

Letby is accused of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder 10 others at the Countess of Chester Hospital between June 2015 and June 2016

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St Vincent de Paul's VincentCare to exit in-home aged care in Victoria

Julie Papworth is one of 150 Victorians searching for a new in-home aged care provider after VincentCare decided to stop providing the service due to federal government changes.

Liverpool Echo

Doctor 'wished' he had 'gone straight to police' over Lucy Letby

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

Evening Standard

Lucy Letby murder trial: Doctor ‘wishes he had gone straight to police over concerns’

Letby is accused of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder 10 others at the Countess of Chester Hospital between June 2015 and June 2016

The Independent UK

Doctor ‘wishes he had gone straight to police over Lucy Letby concerns’

Letby is accused of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder 10 others at the Countess of Chester Hospital between June 2015 and June 2016.

The Guardian - UK

Les Benton obituary

Other lives: Tax officer who delighted in helping out his local community in the Yorkshire town of Baildon

The Independent UK

US Air Force base secretary, 81, becomes MBE after 63 years of service

Faith Rutterford started working at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk in April 1959 and continues to work there.

Liverpool Echo

The worst performing GP surgeries in Merseyside

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