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Man who died after carer 'landed on him' in pool was warned not to jump into water, inquest hears

Michael Parker died while on holiday in Spain with residents and staff from the care home where he lived

Evening Standard

Questions over psychiatrist shortages amid assisted dying legislation changes

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater tabled changes last week involving the scrapping of a High Court judge in favour of a three-person expert panel.

Evening Standard

Kim Leadbeater appeals to critics over amendments to assisted dying Bill

The Labour MP said she understood she had ‘weeks and weeks’ of work ahead.

Evening Standard

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Starmer says he is delivering on promise to fix NHS after appointments goal met

Figures showed that between July and November 2024 there were almost 2.2 million more appointments compared with the equivalent period in 2023.

Evening Standard

Living Beyond Age 100: A Possibility With Financial Impact

Living longer raises important financial and lifestyle questions.

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In an NHS ward I saw how Britain relies on immigrants. Yet still we tell them they’re not wanted

My dad’s journey through the health and social care systems proves what politicians secretly know: we’ll be lost if they succeed in ‘sending them home’, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Lucy Letby’s acting was Oscar-worthy if she really is guilty, former boss says

Former head of nursing at Countess of Chester says Letby ‘cried in my arms’ after being removed from the ward

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Suspending nurse over conflict with trans doctor ‘ludicrous’, HR worker said

Nurse Sandie Peggie was suspended on January 3, 2024 after Dr Beth Upton made an allegation of bullying and harassment following a row.

Evening Standard

Assisted dying bill critics attack plan for ‘civil service tsar’ to oversee panels

Amendments tabled by Kim Leadbeater reveal new details about expert groups who will decide on cases

The Guardian - UK

Elderly woman with dementia forced to spend thousands on care gets apology from London council

Borough agrees to compensate elderly woman with dementia after failing to assess her care needs for a year

Evening Standard

One in five girls born in 2030 projected to live to at least 100

The gap between male and female life expectancy at birth has fallen from 4.4 years in 1981 to 3.4 years in 2023.

Evening Standard

Change visa rules to reunite families in Scotland, minister urges UK Government

Scotland’s equalities minister has called on the UK Government to change family visa rules to allow couples to be reunited in the country.

The National (Scotland)

Transgender doctor had right to use female changing area, tribunal told

A HEALTH board’s equality and diversity department advised that it was a transgender doctor’s right to use a female changing room, an employment…

The National (Scotland)

‘It’s a money game to them’: a son takes on UnitedHealth over his elderly father’s care

Robby Martin has joined a lawsuit against UnitedHealth after the insurance giant cut off his father’s nursing home coverage – five days later his father died at home

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Evening Standard

Transgender doctor had right to use female changing area, nurse’s manager told

Sandie Peggie’s line manager at NHS Fife, Esther Davidson, gave evidence to an employment tribunal in Dundee on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Parents call for action after NHS trust fined again following babies’ deaths

Nottingham University Hospitals Trust was fined £800,000 for failures after Gary and Sarah Andrews’ daughter Wynter died in 2019.

The National (Scotland)

Doctor denies 'concocting lie' about nurse abandoning patient as tribunal rolls on

A TRANS doctor raised formal concerns about patient safety eight months after an incident involving a female nurse occurred – but denied trying…

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Transgender doctor raised concerns over nurse eight months after incident

Dr Beth Upton gave evidence about an allegation of patient safety in 2023 regarding nurse Sandie Peggie, a tribunal heard.

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The Guardian - UK

Nottingham NHS trust fined £1.6m over three newborn babies’ deaths

Adele O’Sullivan, Kahlani Rawson and Quinn Parker all died in 2021 in care of Nottingham university hospitals trust

Evening Standard

Barnardo’s receives largest donation in charity’s 160-year history

The £18 million donation will fund the charity’s Gap Homes programme to support young people leaving care with housing.

The Independent UK

Princess of Wales ‘wolf whistled’ by prisoners on women’s prison visit

The Princess of Wales made the promotion of early years development of children one of the key elements of her public work.

The Independent UK

The assisted dying bill will now be subject to even more scrutiny – as it should be

COMMENT: Editorial: Kim Leadbeater has dropped the plan for her private member’s bill to require a High Court judge to sign off someone’s application to die – she now faces an added battle to convince MPs beyond reasonable doubt that the system is safe

Evening Standard

Assisted dying Bill scrutiny ‘chaotic’, say Labour opponents

Kim Leadbeater, the Bill’s sponsor, has said her proposed changes to the legislation are in response to expert evidence.

The Guardian - UK

UK politics: No 10 says it did not sign AI declaration as it did not reflect policy on ‘opportunity and security’ – as it happened

UK failed to sign agreement at end of Paris summit, along with the US

Evening Standard

New ‘judge plus’ system proposed by MP behind assisted dying Bill

A group of 23 MPs is preparing to undertake line-by-line scrutiny of the proposed legislation from Tuesday, with the process expected to last weeks.

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