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‘They’re only getting more essential.’ California home caregivers seek statewide bargaining power

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s in-home caregivers, a historically underpaid workforce that serves a rapidly aging population, could receive a significant boost in bargaining power under a new bill introduced Friday.

Tribune News Service

Fears West Lothian elderly and infirm cannot access warm hubs

Use of community centres and transport link to warm spaces would give those most at risk more confidence to attend, says councillor

Edinburgh Live

West Dubliners 'in shock' as children's Urgent Care Centre changes to appointment-only

The Urgent Care Centre at Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown will be appointment-only from next Tuesday

Dublin Live

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Charity that helps veterans with sight loss to hold open days at West Lothian base

The charity supports veterans living with significant sight loss

Daily Record

'It's about the smiles on faces': North Shields care workers on what inspires them to look after vulnerable people every day

Steve Taylor and Laura Willis explained why they find working in care incredibly rewarding, despite the long days and challenges of the pandemic.

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Ex-Tory cabinet minister calls on Rishi Sunak to help resolve NHS pay disputes

Politician says PM ‘so focused on hiding in plain sight’ and echoes growing calls for PM to step in to avert strike

The Guardian - UK

Thousands more ambulance workers set to join strikes over pay and staffing

Union says most parts of England will now be covered by industrial action

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NHS Scotland pay boost offer would make staff 'best paid in UK', says Humza Yousaf

Yousaf said the deal meant NHS Scotland workers were 'by far and away the best paid anywhere in the UK'.

The National (Scotland)

All the death notices and funeral announcements from Bristol Post this week

Our thoughts are with those who have lost a loved one

Bristol Post

From hatches to dispatches, Peter Charlton calls time after 50 years at the helm of his beloved country practice

Peter Charlton — Mount Gambier's "family doctor" — is hanging up his stethoscope after five decades packed with births, end-of-life care, road traumas and home visits.

ABC News

Better care for older people ‘could avoid pressure on hospital admissions’

The foundations for good care and support are often broken or simply not there at all, Age UK said.

The Independent UK

Revealed: the areas where Australians are struggling to access free GP care

Exclusive: Data shows low bulk-billing rates in affluent Sydney suburbs as well as several regional electorates and Tasmania

The Guardian - AU

Huge 48-hour nurses strike is a 'worrying escalation' that 'could lead to serious damage to NHS', say leaders

Sir Julian Hartley, chief executive at NHS Providers said the escalation was 'worrying', with over 140,000 appointments already postponed as a result of staff walkouts

Manchester Evening News

Raising Expectations program boosting TAFE, university numbers of former out-of-home-care youth

The number of young people formerly in out-of-home-care enrolling in tertiary education jumps 1,450 per cent in Victoria, thanks in part to a program challenging stereotypes.

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Margaret Copley obituary

Other lives: Social worker who helped to introduce a home-visiting educational service into Liverpool, and then further afield

ABC News

Rebekah had to travel more than four hours after her waters broke due to a midwife shortage

A growing number of north-west Tasmanian women say they are having birth inductions started and stopped, or are having to wait days after their waters break to be induced due to a midwife shortage.

Nottingham Post

Bereaved parents issue message in maternity review into failings at Nottingham hospitals

More than 900 families and 400 current and former members of staff have contacted Donna Ockenden, who is chairing an independent review into Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH).

Manchester Evening News

Nurses to stage biggest 48-hour strike at more than 120 NHS employers in bitter pay dispute

For the first time, the RCN will involve nursing staff working in emergency departments, intensive care units, cancer care and other services that were previously exempt

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The Independent UK

Watchdogs issue safety warnings after junior doctors left unsupervised on maternity wards

Exclusive: Arabella Sparkes was born ‘white a floppy’ and died 17 days after her birth following failings by Devon hospital

Daily Record

Large drop in the number of care homes in the region

In the last ten years the number has dropped by nearly a third, from 45 to 31.

The Independent UK

Nurse strikes escalate as A&E and cancer care staff to join new 48-hour walkout

Strike to involve more than 120 NHS employers in England

Wales Online

Women over 40 and single people won't get IVF treatment through the NHS in Wales in future plans

The plans would affect women over the age of 40 and single people

Belfast Live

Jobs in Australia: Government of Western Australia to visit UK and Ireland in search of staff

They're looking for teachers, nurses and other skilled workers such as builders and plumbers - and many of the vacancies pay more than double the average UK salary

Nottingham Post

NHS data shows how many GP appointments offered by Nottinghamshire surgeries

The data covers 131 surgeries across the county

ABC News

Wonthaggi Hospital turns to hosting nursing students to retain rural healthcare workers

Workforce shortages have been devastating the health industry, but this hospital is welcoming university nursing students to focus on retaining local healthcare workers.

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