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Canada prepares to expand assisted death amid debate

Canada is preparing to expand its medically assisted death framework to become one of the broadest in the world, a change some want to delay due to concerns vulnerable people have easier access to death than to a life without suffering.

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With NYC plan for mentally ill, hospitals face complex task

New York City’s latest plan to keep mentally ill people from languishing in public is billed as a common-sense strategy to get them help

The Independent UK

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Dear Abby: Man’s abrupt change to his will may signal elder abuse

After promising an inheritance to longtime friend, 90-year-old inexplicably decided all of the estate should go to his caregivers.

Chicago Sun-Times

Union chief hails FM for nurses' pay talks as England braces for strikes

A NURSES’ union leader has praised Nicola Sturgeon for the way she engaged in pay talks that led to strikes being paused.

The National (Scotland)

Offer from nurses to 'pause' Christmas strikes rebuffed by Downing Street

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly says independent review process will determine pay increases

Wales Online

Wes Streeting claims BMA ‘hostile’ towards Labour’s NHS plans

Doctors’ union criticises shadow health secretary for ‘incredibly disappointing’ comments over funding and primary care

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Call for Scotland to end zero-hours contracts in social care sector

TWO former health ministers have called on Humza Yousaf to ban zero-hours contracts in the social care sector.

The National (Scotland)

Talkspace offers therapy & psychiatry from the comfort of your home

80% off of people in a study found Talkspace online therapy as effective as in-person sessions

Mic

'Horror led me to act... shame we're still fighting for closure' - Tuam campaigner Catherine Corless on battle for justice

'Five years on, and the babies still await a Christian burial'

Irish Mirror

Ministers refuse to negotiate with nurses on pay to prevent NHS strikes

Government rebuffs union offer to suspend action in return for talks, saying it can’t depart from review body’s recommendation

The Guardian - UK

Senior Labour frontbencher launches attack on health union

THE British Medical Association (BMA) has criticised the “disappointing” comments from Labour’s shadow health secretary after he launched an…

The National (Scotland)

Writing a letter to Santa isn’t easy – especially if one of you struggles to hold a pencil

Learning left-handed hand-writing is a tricky business – and my four-year-old is not impressed with my demonstrations

The Guardian - UK

Mum's tribute as Harry Kinney-Ryan, 13, donates organs to save others

Harry's mum said: "I've never felt so broken but proud of my baby boy"

Liverpool Echo

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Inside the 'tridemic': North Philly children struggling to breathe are waiting hours to be seen at the ER

PHILADELPHIA — Raspy cries and barky coughs echoed across the emergency room at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children on a recent chilly morning in North Philadelphia. Kids had just started to stream into the waiting room, yet every available bed was already filled.

The Independent UK

Ministers accused of ‘dangerous’ stance after they refuse to negotiate pay with nurses to prevent strikes

Nursing leaders have offered to suspend Thursday’s industrial action in return for talks

ABC News

Queensland's 'unsophisticated' hotel quarantine system left man without proper medical care, coroner finds

Questions are being raised about the death of a man who was in hotel quarantine before he died by suicide, after a coroner found the "unsophisticated" quarantine system left him without proper medical care.

Evening Standard

NHS chief warns nurse strike could make waiting times longer

Up to 100,000 Royal College of Nursing (RCN) members will strike on Thursday for the first time in the union’s 126-year history

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The Guardian - UK

Bill aims to stop care homes in UK preventing visits due to Covid

Private members bill paves way for law to end a minority of providers limiting access to relatives, two and a half years after first lockdown

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on why public sector workers deserve a fair pay deal and have no choice but to strike

The government has failed to raise real-term wages for years and is now refusing to negotiate

Leeds Live

Couple demand answers after baby dies 30 minutes after birth at Leeds General Infirmary

Fiona Winser-Ramm and husband Daniel still seeking explanation for daughter Aliona's death nearly three years ago

The National (Scotland)

'Construction industry’s suicide statistics must be made available'

‘THERE’S something going on in construction, and we don’t know where we are in Scotland. To me, that’s just ignoring it.”

Daily Record

Ex-health secretaries call for ban on zero hour contracts for Scots carers

Alex Neil and Malcolm Chisholm have backed a campaign by relatives of patients, academics and politicians calling for an end to the exploitative regime in social care jobs

Tribune News Service

Free condoms available in France next year for those under 25 years old

One of the most romantic countries in the world will be providing free condoms for young people starting in the new year.

AAP

Children's dental program funding extended

A scheme that provides dental services for children from low-income backgrounds has been extended for a further four years.

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