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Mum gives birth to 12lb baby girl at home as friend jokes tot born in school uniform

Ruth Harvey, 36, welcomed baby daughter Tabitha in a birthing pool in her living room in South Ayreshire, Scotland, but couldn't believe it when the midwife revealed her weight

Daily Mirror

Teacher sacked for missing meeting because her mum has cancer wins £16,800 payout

Dr Jacqueline Dumigan, who worked at The Mount School, in Huddersfield, was let go after she failed to attend a compulsory meeting because she had to talk to family members when her mum was diagnosed with cancer

Daily Mirror

Health inequalities in Scotland hit highest level ever, report suggests

SOME indicators of health inequalities in Scotland have reached their highest level on record, a new report shows.

The National (Scotland)

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Mum gives birth to huge 12lb 9oz baby girl at home in 'oh my god' moment

Glasgow family support worker Ruth Harvey welcomed gorgeous baby Tabitha into the world more than two weeks late in a birthing pool in her own home with the help of local midwives.

Glasgow Live

NHS ‘can’t go on like this’ with strikes, health chief warns

The British Medical Association and the Government appear to be no closer to reaching a resolution on pay.

The Independent UK

‘So many working parents are screwed’: mothers on Britain’s childcare costs

Parents describe plight as pressure builds on Jeremy Hunt to provide help in the budget

The Guardian - UK

Why I’m striking: A nurse on the picket lines in the UK

A nurse reflects on what it means to be overworked and underpaid in a profession that provides life-saving care.

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Dumfries and Galloway forces charity celebrates double funding boost

Southwest RNR will now be able to put more veterans through HGV driver training

Daily Record

'Sacked' Glasgow NHS nurse wants long covid to be treated as industrial illness

Brenda Eadie will tell a Scottish Parliamentary committee today how she's been left on the breadline after her 28 year career was destroyed when she contracted the virus at the start of the pandemic.

Glasgow Live

Improvements made to Social Services 'front door' contact in Neath Port Talbot

Concerns were raised after the call answer rate was reported to be only 51%

Wales Online

Aged care design need a rethink and these experts say working with older Australians will help

Australia's residential aged care system is struggling. According to some, the solution is embracing a system that values the input and experience of older Australians.

ABC News

Council reveals hundreds of applications for unpaid carer grant in the Vale of Glamorgan were unsuccessful

One councillor highlighted the need to make it as easy as possible for carers to access support

Wales Online

Care funding crises hit both ends of life

Government funding models are pushing companies providing care for both the young and the old into crisis mode; leaders warn staff shortages will force more facilities to close

Newsroom.co.nz

Man’s desperate plea for face transplant after losing his legs and nose in freak accident

Adán Olmos García burned his entire body in an accident five years ago

The Independent UK

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Nottingham Post

MBE holder among 38 tributes, death and funeral notices from across Nottinghamshire

Our thoughts are with those who have lost a loved ones

The Guardian - UK

‘We still call him Giorgio’: Pope Francis decade marked by humility and change

Pontiff made his mark amid battles with a conservative faction irked by his focus on inequality, climate crisis and refugees

Daily Record

New details for people on Carer’s Allowance moving to devolved payment next year

A full rollout of the new devolved benefit is expected to begin across Scotland in Spring 2024.

Daily Record

Dumfries and Galloway HandyVan helps prevent hundreds of falls by elderly people

The service has been providing vital assistance to vulnerable and elderly residents across the region

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Manchester Evening News

'I'm an NHS doctor - this is why we're striking'

“I worry whether we will even have an NHS in the future. Who will look after these people?"

The Guardian - UK

Junior doctors’ strike prompts tens of thousands of hospital cancellations

Many more appointments and procedures postponed than for recent walkouts by nurses and ambulance staff

ABC News

Phil Laing is one of five Tasmanians who have died through accessing voluntary assisted dying

As one of the first Tasmanians to access the state's voluntary assisted dying scheme, Phil Laing was able to spend his last day at his own home, drinking champagne with his closest family and friends.

The Guardian - UK

Colin Iskander obituary

Other lives: GP who set up a practice in his own home and helped to train doctors across Essex

The Guardian - UK

Jennifer Preston obituary

Other lives: Teacher and charity worker who co-founded Sudep Action, which helps those affected by sudden unexplained death in epilepsy syndrome

Daily Mirror

Mystery envelope sent from America to UK arrives empty - 80 years after it was posted

The manager of The Sands Meadows care home in Hest Bank, Lancashire, immediately realised the ancient envelope was more than 'your average letter'

Manchester Evening News

Mancunians are dying too soon... this is the bold - and risky - plan for change

EXCLUSIVE: Manchester's building boom belies the reality of many people living in poverty in the city neighbourhoods. There is a chasm in life expectancy depending on where you live in Manchester and leaders want to change that, Helena Vesty reports

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