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Nurses don't want to be COVID-19 'heroes' — they want better conditions, study finds

Critical care nurses who were at the frontline of the COVID pandemic say the labels makes them feel like "political pawns" who do not need better working conditions.

ABC News

Strep A rush brings A&E 'to its knees' with sick kids forced to sleep on floor

Shocked mum Chloe Brewer has told of her ordeal at Peterborough City Hospital and said NHS staff looked 'broken' as they struggled to cope with the sheer numbers of poorly kids struck down by Strep A

Daily Mirror

Venezuelans stranded in Mexico hold out hope Biden will shift border policy: ‘I want to have faith’

MEXICO CITY — Rosa Maria Trejo got here to the Mexican capital thanks to a brother residing in Arizona who sent money to help finance the difficult trip from their native Venezuela. He now provides cash for food and lodging at a small hotel while she figures out what to…

Los Angeles Times

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RCN leader accuses Health Secretary of ‘bullyboy’ tactics

RCN members are due to take part in unprecedented national strikes on December 15 and December 20.

The Independent UK

Calvary Public Hospital still without maternity services as fire damage to operating theatres postpones elective surgeries

An electrical fire at the hospital this week forced an evacuation and the closure of maternity services, prompting concerns about the impact on new parents and the extra burden on staff at other hospitals.

ABC News

New measures have been introduced to support female employees at South Lanarkshire Council

A range of new policies have been introduced.

Daily Record

Lanarkshire health board announces major expansion of primary care occupational therapy service

The primary care OT service has been tested in GP practices across the Hamilton and Bellshill but will be spread to all areas

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Christmas light switch on in aid of four-year-old's wheelchair fund

Each light has been fitted with the aim of raising money to buy a four-year-old boy an electric wheelchair after he was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy

Chronicle Live

GRA reforms can’t be ‘fully contained’ in Scotland, says UK equalities minister

THE UK Equalities Minister has expressed concerns about controversial gender recognition reforms in Scotland in a letter to First Minister Nicola…

The National (Scotland)

Lanarkshire hospices earn £199k lottery funding boost for joint project

The Compassionate Lanarkshire initiative will continue for a further three years after already assisting nearly 1000 people

Daily Record

Nurses’ union leader Pat Cullen: ‘I follow through on what I believe in’

The RCN boss poised to lead the first NHS-wide strike reflects on her long-established readiness to tackle perceived injustices

The Guardian - UK

First of 150 'bleed kits' installed in Bristol after Leanne's year of campaigning

"I hope this is never used, but if it is, it could save a life"

Bristol Post

South Jersey's ultracold vault keeps blood cells, brain tissue, and DNA ready for medical research

Keith and Jenny DiMarino were expecting their third child 11 years ago when they got e-mails that promoted the preservation of stem cells from their baby's umbilical cord.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

There’s a nursing crisis in the NHS — here is what I would do about it

Britain is facing an era of strikes not seen for a generation. There are walkouts every day until Christmas and during it. Most worryingly, The Royal College of Nursing strikes begin on December 15 at half of all NHS Trusts. The Royal College of Midwives opened a ballot last month,…

Evening Standard

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Assisted living facilities pressed to address growing needs of older, sicker residents

Assisted living communities too often fail to meet the needs of older adults and should focus more on residents’ medical and mental health concerns, according to a recent report by a diverse panel of experts.

Radio France Internationale

France begins citizens' debate on end-of-life care

A panel of 150 members of the public are meeting Friday to begin discussing whether or not to adopt legislation that would legalise assisted dying, in line with President Emmanuel Macron’s wish to “serenely” debate this deeply divisive issue.

Liverpool Echo

Woman who remortgaged home to open dementia day centre plans second site

Rosie was a teenage carer for her nan and left school with no GCSEs

Tribune News Service

Almost everyone is becoming about a year younger in South Korea

South Korean lawmakers approved a measure that would revise the way the country tallies a person’s age, ending a system that counted newborns as a year old and meaning that most of its citizens are about to get younger.

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Secrecy to come off criminal age report

A report on raising the age of criminal responsibility will be released after Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus met his state and territory colleagues.

Bangkok Post

Koreans about to become one year younger

SEOUL: South Korean lawmakers have approved a measure that would revise the way the country tallies a person’s age, ending a system that counted newborns as a year old and meaning that most of its citizens are about to get younger.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Pacific War veterans' average age tops 100

The average age of former soldiers who served in World War II and receive a military pension has surpassed 100, according to a survey by the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry.

Daily Record

Woman, 39, worries that she is 'too old' to have a baby and fears she is 'being selfish'

The wannabe mother says she is trying for a baby but wonders if she is being 'selfish'.

France 24

‘The fear of a bad death’: France to begin citizens' debate on end-of-life care

A French citizens' council of 150 members of the public will meet Friday to begin discussions on end-of-life care, including whether assisted suicide should be legalised. As French laws have evolved over the last two decades, calls have increased to allow medically assisted deaths for terminally ill patients.

Irish Mirror

Couple both aged 100 and married for 79 years die just hours apart

'They went out together. I feel sad, but I shouldn’t. Who can expect to live a life like that?'

Daily Record

Hundred-year-old couple who were married for 79 years 'went out together' after dying hours apart

June and Hubert Malicote, both 100, had been married for nearly eight decades after June fell seriously ill and Hubert died of a "broken heart" hours before her death.

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