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Rishi Sunak registered with private GP which guarantees same-day appointments

RISHI Sunak is registered with a private GP practice which guarantees same-day appointments for all patients with urgent concerns, according to…

The National (Scotland) · Nov 22, 2022

Commentary: We argue over the right to end pregnancy, but who’s fighting for the right to begin pregnancy?

My fifth time going through a fertility surgery was when it hit me that I might never have children. I was 39, and each cycle was the same: unsuccessful. My eggs — which I was told were both low quality and quantity — never even made it to the stage…

Tribune News Service · Nov 22, 2022

Health officials seeking approval on public consultation on future of hospital maternity services

The Northern Trust says the current configuration of maternity services is "a fragile and vulnerable service model that is unsustainable"

Belfast Live · Nov 22, 2022

Rishi Sunak is ‘registered with private GP practice promising same-day appointments’

Prime minister has previously ducked questions on whether he pays for healthcare

The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2022

WA's nurses union and a Labor government are at loggerheads. How did it come to this?

The Australian Nursing Federation's WA branch and a Labor state government are at loggerheads, and not for the first time. How did it come to this?

ABC News · Nov 21, 2022

Nearly a quarter of sudden unexpected deaths in Queensland infants occur in homes known to child protection, report finds

Of the more than 600 cases registered in Queensland between 2004 and 2019, about 24 per cent involved families known to the Department of Children, new research shows.

ABC News · Nov 21, 2022

Rishi Sunak is registered with private GP practice offering £250 consultations

Campaigners say poorest people will suffer most as NHS is ‘neglected and private practice becomes the norm’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2022

How you can help elderly relatives escape from hospital

Letters: Marie Davis was grateful she had registered with the Office of the Public Guardian for her mother’s care, while Dale Thomson had to resort to taking her aunt out without doctors’ permission

The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2022

Nottingham charity Emmanuel House launches winter appeal amid £100k funding shortfall

'It is a crisis, we’re at full capacity and there is a waiting list'

Nottingham Post · Nov 21, 2022

Aged care on brink of collapse: union

Workers who care for older Australians will resign in droves unless aged care staff get a significant pay increase, a survey shows.

AAP · Nov 21, 2022