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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 · Feb 17, 2023

'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.

Chronicle Live · Feb 17, 2023

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 · Feb 17, 2023

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 · Feb 17, 2023

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 · Feb 16, 2023

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 · Feb 16, 2023

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.

ABC News · Feb 16, 2023

Margaret Copley obituary

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

The Guardian - UK · Feb 16, 2023

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.

ABC News · Feb 16, 2023

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).

Nottingham Post · Feb 16, 2023