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Crying grandmother begged family to let her die after 33-hour wait on hospital trolley

Figures show that excess deaths in the week leading up to Christmas were the highest in two years

The Independent UK

Rebound in migration figures 'optimistic'

The Australian government expects migration numbers to bounce back but troubling economic conditions and other uncertainties could weigh on migration.

AAP

Six women arrested after boy, 1, dies at Midlands nursery

Police said the death is being treated as suspicious

Liverpool Echo

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'Geriatric' mum defends Stacey Solomon after she was shamed by trolls over pregnancy age

Stacey faced criticism over her age after revealing she is pregnant with her fifth child

Manchester Evening News

Six women held over ‘suspicious’ death of one-year-old boy at nursery

West Midlands Police said a criminal investigation was launched after the death in Dudley on December 9.

The Independent UK

Mum whose daughter died in 2019 after 17 hours on a trolley says the tragedy has changed nothing

Melanie Sheehan, whose daughter Eve Cleary (21) died in UHL in 2019, said she will “never again” bring any of her remaining five children to the Limerick ED

Irish Mirror

Boy, 1, dies in nursery as six women arrested for manslaughter

Six women have been arrested after the one-year-old died at the premise

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Mum regrets 'common' name she chose for son as other kids have 'unique' titles

The anonymous mum is unhappy with the name of her one-year-old, Joseph, as it's within the Top 100 most popular names in her area.

Daily Record

Pensioner who died in Lanarkshire crash named as Donald McKillop as tributes paid

The 78-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. Provost at South Lanarkshire Council Margaret Cooper has now confirmed it was her 'good friend' Donald McKillop.

Glasgow Live

Retired nurse speaks of despair as her mum, 87, waits 32 hours to be put into Lanarkshire hospital ward

A concerned retired nurse contacted us from the A&E department of University Hospital Wishaw as her 87-year-old mum had been there from 11am the previous day.

Daily Record

Dad, 58, died on Christmas Eve waiting for ambulance after three 999 calls

By the time paramedics arrived there was nothing they could do

Wales Online

Politicians are getting older – shutting young people out of decision-making around the world

US president Joe Biden is clearly frustrated about the focus on his age. In mid-December last year he reportedly vented to allies, saying: “You think I don’t know how fucking old I am?” But, as attention turns to the 2024 election, the prospect of Biden – now 80 years old…

The Conversation

Concerns over aged care reform in Tasmania

Unions and the daughter of a former resident have raised concerns over proposed changes to the model of care at a Tasmanian aged care provider.

AAP

Patient tells how she spent three days on a hospital chair as it emerges 5,000 more beds are needed

Elderly Geraldine Bollard spoke outside Beaumont Hospital and said: “No one cares, I was waiting three days on a metal chair"

Irish Mirror

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The Independent UK

Beds run out at Beijing hospital as COVID brings more sick

Patients, most of them elderly, are lying on stretchers in hallways and taking oxygen while sitting in wheelchairs as COVID-19 surges in China's capital Beijing

Dublin Live

Asthmatic pensioner with spinal problems claims she waited 3 days on hard Beaumont hospital chair

There are fears the health crisis is about to get even worse as the number of people on trolleys hit record levels

Liverpool Echo

Our hospitals have become war zones and the government has no plan

Accounts and images from crisis-hit hospitals are everywhere - but those in power have no plan to stop the suffering, writes Liam Thorp

Daily Record

Scotland needs a National Care Service right now

'Bold reform' is required after Scots had to suffer long waits at A&E over Christmas, says Record View.

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AAP

Two people found dead in Qld welfare check

Queensland detectives are probing the deaths of a man and woman, both in their early 90s, who were found in their Cairns home.

Daily Mirror

Sunak ‘detached from reality’ as PM fails to offer hope for crumbling NHS in speech

In his first major speech as PM, Mr Sunak gave five promises to reboot his crisis-hit Government, including slashing NHS waits - but there was no mention of his party’s decade-long funding squeeze on the NHS

Daily Mirror

‘Lovely’ dad, 58, died after family phoned THREE times for an ambulance on Christmas Eve

Iqbal Rahman died aged 58 on Christmas Eve after falling seriously ill. His daughter Minnie said Iqbal said that nobody was coming to help him in his final hours as the NHS battles a severe crisis

Newcastle Herald

Letters: How helping hand from strangers saved my day

Newcastle Herald readers have their say

Daily Record

Pensioner dead and man rushed to hospital after being hit by car on Scots street

The 78-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Guardian - UK

Delivery disasters: the parcel left on a sleeping baby – and other postal calamities

A Swedish mother found a 10kg box left on her child’s pram. With drivers often harried and overworked, now is the time for all of us to get organised and nominate a safe spot

Belfast Live

Nurse would be "extremely worried" if he had relative going into an emergency department

"There are people literally lying and sitting side by side in conditions that would otherwise have been completely unacceptable just five years ago"

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