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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.

Evening Standard

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.

Bangkok Post

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.

AAP

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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

Daily Mirror

Tragedy as husband and wife both found dead at home

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

Manchester Evening News

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

The Independent UK

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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

'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

Manchester Evening News

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.

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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.

Daily Record

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.

Wales Online

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

By the time paramedics arrived there was nothing they could do

The Conversation

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…

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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.

Irish Mirror

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"

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.

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.

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