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Social workers should not assess asylum seeker ages for Home Office, professional body says

Home Office is recruiting them for new age assessment board, taking responsibility away from local authorities

The Guardian - UK

Young people caring for someone with a disability urged to claim annual payment worth nearly £360

The Young Carer Grant is for those aged 16, 17 or 18 who provide up to 16 hours of care each week.

Daily Record

LOCALIZE IT: Nursing home residents rely on small stipends

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In nursing homes, impoverished live final days on pennies

A half-century-old bit of American bureaucracy is leaving hundreds of thousands of nursing home residents in an unthinkable bind: Living on as little as $30 a month

The Independent UK

Fundraiser hunts 10 charities in need to gift £1,000 across region

The charity cash has been made available after a record-breaking fundraiser in Manchester

Manchester Evening News

How to get through Mother’s Day if you have fertility issues

Fertility Network UK advises how to navigate Mothering Sunday If you’re struggling to conceive or can’t have children. By Lisa Salmon.

The Independent UK

Lanarkshire woman blew £50k that was supposed to pay for dementia-suffering dad's care home fees

Alison Carson told a social worker she'd spent all the money and resorted to buying scratch cards in a desperate bid to 'win it back'

Daily Record

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Girl, 3, went to bed with a runny nose - but mysteriously never woke up

Eva Rydings, from Oldham, was found dead in her bed by her brother in the morning after going to bed having appeared to be "healthy" and "normal", an inquest heard

Daily Mirror

'Our little girl went to sleep healthy, but she never woke up and we don't know why'

Eva Rydings, 3 was tragically discovered dead in her bed last year

Manchester Evening News

‘Health and Care Chancellor’ urged to support social care in Budget

Unpaid carers have been left to fill a gap due to a shortfall of social care services at a time of growing demand, the Care and Support Alliance said.

The Independent UK

Doctor asked for Lucy Letby to be taken off shift

Letby, 33, denies the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of 10 others between June 2015 and June 2016

Liverpool Echo

NI woman's memory lives on in fund helping refugees at Belfast school

Ann McGeeney passed away in 2014 at the age of 52

Belfast Live

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

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The National (Scotland)

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.

Glasgow Live

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.

The Independent UK

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 Guardian - 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

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Al Jazeera

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.

Daily Record

Dumfries and Galloway forces charity celebrates double funding boost

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

Glasgow Live

'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.

Wales Online

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%

ABC News

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.

Wales Online

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

Newsroom.co.nz

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

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