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There is nothing like a trip to A&E with a sick baby to make you eternally grateful for our NHS

The health service hangs by a thread, and yet its staff continue to treat everyone with such kindness and patience, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

The Guardian - UK

Disability and working age benefits to rise in line with inflation

The move will cost £11 billion but will help protect the most vulnerable, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said.

The Independent UK

'I gave birth blindfolded - I was so convinced my baby would be stillborn'

Emma Roberts gave birth prematurely at 24 weeks and says she is so traumatised by her labour that she can't have another child

Daily Mirror

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'Always smiling' son laid to rest after beautiful service

Samuel Latham was found dead last month

Liverpool Echo

Autumn Statement: Frail Brits will pay more for care homes as cap on costs delayed

A cap on how much social care users would pay over their lifetime was due to come in next year, but has now been delayed under plans unveiled by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt in his Autumn Statement

Daily Mirror

WA nurses set to reject government pay offer as statewide strike looms

The McGowan government's in-principle pay agreement with nurses and midwives appears all but sunk, with their union now describing it as insulting.

ABC News

Mum branded 'cruel' for refusing to take daughter's half-sister for Christmas

With the festive season approaching, she was asked by her former partner if she could take both girls for Christmas - because his wife is suffering from cancer.

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Westminster 'failing Scotland's young people' as thousands more sanctioned by DWP

THE UK Government has been accused of “failing Scotland’s young people” after newly released statistics showed a surge in benefit sanctions.

The National (Scotland)

Missing woman who vanished from Scots town found safe and well

Melissa Jones disappeared from Tillicoultry.

Daily Record

'Consider alternatives' - Tallaght Hospital A&E at 'full capacity' as patients ready for discharge await nursing home places

The south Dublin hospital has activated its Full Capacity Protocol

Irish Mirror

Covid deaths in Scotland rise slightly in latest weekly update

CONFIRMED or suspected coronavirus deaths in Scotland rose slightly in the week to Sunday, according to the latest figures.

The National (Scotland)

Debina Bonnerjee and Gurmeet Choudhary bring their new born daughter home with a cute surprise; see pics

Debina Bonnerjee and Gurmeet Choudhary finally brought home their little one after a short wait at the hospital. The duo called their newborn a 'Miracle Baby' as she was born premature and Debina also shared a short video revealing that their baby is in an incubator and kept under medical…

The Times of India

Edinburgh youngsters with eating disorders restrained by 'heavy-handed' medics

Bosses at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People's Melville Unit have been told to improve nine areas of care after inspectors from the Mental Welfare Commission discovered a series of issues at the facility

Edinburgh Live

Kicking our growth addiction is the way out of the climate crisis. This is how to do it

With the right global economic policies, we could fight poverty and global heating at the same time, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

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Mum warns parents after daughter rushed to hospital following 'bad cold'

Annabelle began coughing and wheezing, which her mum, Kate Skelton, assumed was just another bad cold. However, as her breathing became more laboured and doctors refused to admit her to hospital, she became increasingly worried

The Independent UK

US home births increased in pandemic but are still uncommon

U.S. home births increased slightly in the pandemic’s second year, rising to the highest level in decades

Newcastle Herald

Re-bounding after stroke with Hunter website

Stroke website supported by philanthropic donations to HMRI and Stroke Foundation launches.

Tribune News Service

DOJ to investigate treatment of adults with mental health disabilities in Missouri

The U.S. Department of Justice said Wednesday it has launched an investigation into whether Missouri “unnecessarily institutionalizes” adults with serious mental health disabilities in nursing facilities.

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Aged-care administration fees capped

Elderly Australians will benefit from the capping of administrative and management charges under reforms to aged-care home packages.

Bristol Post

Bristol midwife quits after working under ‘terrifying’ conditions while relying on foodbanks

She said the staffing shortage compromises women’s safety on maternity wards

ABC News

Allambi Elderly Peoples Home at Dimboola to close due to legislation loophole

A western Victorian aged care facility will close and force its residents, some of whom have lived there for decades, to find new homes.

Daily Record

Teenage boy tragically found dead in forest 'didn't mean to end his life'

Harley White, described as "very caring and fun", was found dead in a woodland area close to his home by his mother on July 8 2022.

Belfast Live

East Belfast pensioner opens up on how having a befriender 'saved her from hell'

"There’s nothing as evil as loneliness, it really is an awful thing"

Daily Mirror

Ex-NHS worker arrested for taking patient to assisted death slams 'heavy handed' police

Sue had returned to her home in Cardiff following Sharon's death, where she was woken by police at 5.30am and arrested, before being driven to a station and locked up

Wales Online

'I helped a stranger die and was arrested when I got off the plane'

"Would I do it again? I sincerely hope with all my heart I'm never asked the question. Because for the same reasons that I helped Sharon, despite the arrest and everything, it would be very difficult to say no"

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