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Boycott threatened against Suella Braverman’s plans to X-ray vulnerable child refugees

Exclusive: Radiographer chief warns system already ‘at breaking point’ without additional pressure

The Independent UK

NHS in crisis: The Brits who have died while waiting hours for ambulances

Paul Westerman, from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, became one of the latest people to die in the UK following long waits for ambulances

Daily Mirror

Mother forced to give birth on driveway after being sent away from hospital

Hannah Mitchell, 38, said she was in so much pain she ‘thought she was going to die’

The Independent UK

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Man died suddenly from rare disease on New Year's Day leaving family heartbroken

Jason Tolson succumbed to Anti-MDA5 Dermatomyositis at the age of 30, with his grieving father in law saying: 'The prognosis is very bleak because it is so rare they don't know how to treat it'

Daily Mirror

Man, 30, died suddenly after catching rare disease 'nobody has ever survived'

'The prognosis is very bleak because it is so rare they don't know how to treat it'

Manchester Evening News

Doctors claim hospital discharge guidance could see patients die

The British Medical Association claims any decision to discharge patients from wards without proper social care support would 'transfer the liability and risk to clinicians'

Wales Online

Australia to get bigger and older faster

Australia will reshape over the next decade to become bigger and older, which will have implications for the entire population.

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China should brace for brutal Covid winter

Last month, China ended its zero-Covid policy, bringing a tumultuous end to restrictions after nearly three years. The suddenness of the move surprised nearly everyone. The process could have been much more gradual, with a slower shift from mass forced lockdowns to more flexible policies. Instead, it has effectively thrown…

Bangkok Post

'The current state of the NHS leaves me sick to my stomach - it's terrifying'

In this week's column Val, the mum of Mirror columnist and football legend Robbie Savage, says telling people to stay away from A&E because it’s full of flu and Covid patients leads to deaths

Daily Mirror

Britain's NHS nightmare: How COVID-19, cost-cutting and burnout pushed the UK's health system to the brink

British doctors are risking their jobs to speak out against what they say is an unfolding catastrophe in the national health system, with patients left lying on hospital floors and in corridors while they wait for help.

ABC News

South Tyneside teacher who owes life to 42 blood donors backs urgent call for people in the North East to donate

Keri Anglin, 45, suffered a terrifying haemorrhage seven years ago. As a result, she more than most knows how vital blood donations can be.

Chronicle Live

Girl, 4, died of sepsis following 'missed opportunities' at hospital

A coroner has called for changes to help prevent similar future fatalities following the death of Eva Hayden

Manchester Evening News

Beloved doctor who served NHS for 50 years tragically dies of Covid a week after retiring

'For some families he had served five generations of the same family'

Wales Online

Strangers fundraise for funeral of tragic Strep A mum who died on Christmas Eve

One kind individual handed over £250 to the burial.

Daily Record

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Girl, 4, dies of sepsis following 'missed opportunities'

Both hospital trusts said lessons have been learnt since Eva's tragic death

Daily Record

Rural Stirling projects share in funding to help takes ideas into action for communities

The main beneficiaries including a Callander youth project, a dementia support group and a 'warm bank' proposal.

Reuters

Macron warns of more healthcare woes as he flags reforms

The struggles of France's health system will probably get worse before things improve, President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged on Friday, as he pledged to improve working conditions and hire more medical assistants for administrative tasks.

Wales Online

Pensioner with a broken hip strapped to bin lid and driven to A&E in van instead of ambulance

The family of 79-year-old Pamela Rolfe claim she would have died had they not taken matters into their own hands

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Evening Standard

Elderly man killed in blaze at care home near Regent’s Park

An elderly man died and another is in hospital after a blaze at a care home near Regent’s Park in central London.

Bangkok Post

Covid surge exposes China's healthcare gap

TANGSHAN, China: Understaffed and underfunded clinics stand half-empty in parts of the Chinese countryside even as hospitals in major cities heave under an unprecedented Covid wave — an illustration of the stark disparities in the country's healthcare system.

AAP

Aged care sector a 'mess' as losses mount

An accountancy firm has found seven out of 10 aged care centres ran at a loss over three months in 2022, as the federal government admits the sector is a mess.

Daily Mirror

Secret to long life revealed by oldest woman in the US before she dies aged 115

Bessie Hendricks, born November 7, 1907, in Carroll County, Maryland, was said to be the oldest person living in the US when she died at her care home in Salt Lake City on Tuesday

Manchester Evening News

Tragedy as husband and wife both found dead at home

Janet and Graham Milner died at their shared home in Wigan on December 31

The Independent UK

Excess deaths in UK hit highest level in two years amid NHS crisis

The Office for National Statistics has revealed a total weekly death toll of 14,530, 21 per cent higher than the average for this time of year

The Independent UK

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

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