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Shipping container, demountables used at aged care village to attract nurses amid housing shortage

Management at this aged care facility come up with a last-ditch solution to the crippling housing shortage — bringing in shipping containers to house staff.

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3 Health Care Stocks Poised to Deliver Robust Returns in 2023

Healthcare stocks have performed well through volatile markets, driven by increased interest in the sector as the aging population swells. As the industry continues to grow, quality healthcare stocks CVS Health (CVS), Cardinal Health (CAH), and Molina Healthcare (MOH) could offer robust returns in 2023. Keep reading….

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Temporary morgues used at the height of Covid reopened to cope with NHS crisis

It is estimated around 4,000 more Britons died than normal towards the end of the year, with a combination of flu, Covid and hospital and ambulance delays all blamed

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Americans are having fewer kids — but they actually want more. Why?

The country’s birth rate is declining, but a new study shows it not necessarily by choice.

Mic

Child dies from Strep A in UK as death toll hits 190 and health officials issue warning

The latest data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) says 190 people have died from Strep A in England so far this season. The figure includes 30 children under 18

Daily Mirror

West Lothian hospital staff shortage hits plan for more winter beds

Health and social care services struggle to recruit and retain staff for hospital and care at home provision

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US birth rates are at record lows – even though the number of kids most Americans say they want has held steady

Birth rates are falling in the U.S. After the highs of the Baby Boom in the mid-20th century and the lows of the Baby Bust in the 1970s, birth rates were relatively stable for nearly 50 years. But during the Great Recession, from 2007-2009, birth rates declined sharply – and…

The Conversation

Visit of William and Kate should not paper over Royal mess in hospitals

Devastating NHS crisis will continue long after today's appearance from Prince and Princess, writes Liam Thorp

Liverpool Echo

Tokyo to offer free childcare for 2nd child

The Tokyo metropolitan government has decided it will provide free childcare for a second child aged between 0 and 2 for all Tokyo households from fiscal 2023, it has been learned.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Chinese warned not to visit elderly relatives as Covid spreads from cities

People urged ‘don’t go home’ during lunar new year holiday if older family members not yet infected

The Guardian - UK

North Shields family's heartbreak as boy, 10, with rare condition comes home to die

Milo Browne is at home with his family after becoming seriously ill before Christmas with a condition that has no diagnosis

Chronicle Live

Heavily pregnant Nottingham woman fears homelessness 2 weeks before giving birth

She is due to give birth on January 24

Nottingham Post

Disabled man 'literally begging' for carers as he cannot afford to pay for level of support he needs

Imraan Adam says the authority has refused to increase his care payment package.

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Liverpool Echo

Son flagged concerns weeks before mum's care home death

Beryl Ellison died after her son reported medication being hidden in her bedsheets

The Independent UK

Maternity care in England ‘deteriorating’ OLD REDIRECTED

The Care Quality Commission said there has been a ‘concerning decline’ in results from its maternity survey over time.

Glasgow Live

Funding axed for Glasgow charity that feeds elderly 'with no one else to help them'

The charity deliver essential shopping and support services to over 200 of the city's over 65s each week, who would otherwise be unable to access shopping or other essential services

Reuters

Analysis-Macron's pension reform gains risk social pain

President Emmanuel Macron's plans to raise the retirement age by two years may deliver meagre economic and financial gains over time, but come at the cost of infuriating unions and aggravating workers already stung by the inflation crisis.

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China: ‘Not necessary’ to dwell on Covid deaths

BEIJING: Chinese health officials said on Wednesday it was “not necessary” to dwell on the exact number of Covid deaths in the country, days after the World Health Organization criticised authorities’ approach to tallying the surge in cases there.

Nottingham Post

Nottingham man fighting in memory of his sister for people with experience of care system

Nottingham City Council has just passed a motion recognising the vulnerability of people with experience of the care system.

Daily Mirror

Hospital frozen in time after being abandoned with blood samples left on wards

Puerta De Hierro Hospital in Madrid remains largely in the same state it was when it shut, with more than 50 per cent of the hospital still filled with medical equipment

Liverpool Echo

Parents 'struggle' after nursery announces sudden closure

Barton Day Nurseries' site in Fazakerley remains open

Daily Mirror

Man, 98, left to languish in Indian jail after no one paid £116 for his release

Ram Surat, 98, wasn’t released because no one paid a bail bond of Rs 11,500 (£116) which was mandated in his court order - Prison officials soon realised that he had no family or friends to help because he had no visitors

Daily Record

Experienced nurse adds her voice to calls to reopen Newton Stewart and Kirkcudbright hospitals

Shona Todd wants the health board to bring both back into use urgently to improve health outcomes

Wales Online

Free childcare scheme to be expanded in Merthyr Tydfil

If approved by councillors the latest expansion of the Welsh Government's Flying Start programme would benefit 88 children

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