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Physician associates play an important role in modern healthcare

Letters: One physician associate says they have been doing vital work in healthcare for years, but the profession is now being framed as a problem. Plus letters by Dr Charles Heatley, Samer Nashef and Dr Giles Youngs

The Guardian - UK

Assisted dying: Catholic leader wishes Justin Welby was alongside him in debate

A group of faith leaders have signed a letter opposing Kim Leadbeater’s Bill.

Evening Standard

It’s outrageous that religious faith is being brought into the assisted dying debate

Britain is a largely secular country. Those who oppose the bill before parliament should not be interfering with other people’s right to choose for themselves, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

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Royal experts are predicting a major "surprise” from Princess Kate’s upcoming carol concert

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Danish parenting tests under fire after baby removed from Greenlandic mother

Campaigners say psychometric tests are discriminatory amid protests over case of Keira Alexandra Kronvold

The Guardian - UK

A new start after 60: I became a ‘hummingbird’ for people with dementia

When Ann Thomas-Carter retired, she lost her sense of purpose. Then she began volunteering in a care home and found six hours could fly past in six minutes

The Guardian - UK

Boomers show it's never too late to give back

Older Australians are proving increasingly generous in their wills with an increasing number choosing to bequest funds to a charity.

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Australia in a baby bust? It’s not that simple – and a panic won’t help

There is a seemingly endless stream of news headlines about plummeting birth rates. Many have alarmist narratives about the perils of “baby busts” and “population decline”. This reflects a deep-seated anxiety about what declining birth rates mean for the future of society.

The Conversation

Ministers speaking out against assisted dying ‘are giving false impression’, says peer

Labour’s Charlie Falconer says vocal opponents are leading voters to think government is against change

The Guardian - UK

Aged care revamp to shake up Australians' golden years

Older Australians will be able to live at home for longer and receive better protections in aged care after a sector overhaul passed parliament.

AAP

Doctors’ dilemma on prolonging life at all cost

Letters: Andy Thurston, Denis Jackson and Helen Keats respond to a letter by a doctor on assisted dying

The Guardian - UK

Religious leaders come together to oppose assisted dying Bill

The 29 signatories include the Bishop of London and the Roman Catholic Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster.

Evening Standard

UK’s assisted dying law won’t be ‘slippery slope’ says California doctor who has helped dozens end their life

Catherine Sonquist Forest, based in Santa Cruz where assisted dying was legalised eight years ago, says proposed British law is ‘impressive’

The Guardian - UK

Tory MP Danny Kruger investigated by standards watchdog over assisted dying funds

High-profile campaigner against new law facing questions over parliamentary group financed by Christian right

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Evening Standard

Justice Secretary says assisted dying ‘slippery slope to death on demand’

Shabana Mahmood said she was ‘profoundly concerned’ by the Bill.

AAP

Trigger-happy or justified? How a cop ended 95yo's life

In the hours before being cornered by police and fatally tasered, great-grandmother Clare Nowland took two steak knives and raised them at residents and staff.

The Independent UK

Gordon Brown declares opposition to assisted dying law

The former prime minister called instead for better end-of-life care.

The Guardian - UK

Gordon Brown says daughter’s death showed value of ‘good’ dying over assisted dying

Former PM, whose daughter died when she was 11 days old, says debate is moving too fast and calls for commission on palliative care

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The Guardian - UK

Spending time with people in their final days showed me that we need not assisted dying, but better end-of-life care

We can and must improve on our current end-of-life options – ‘Switzerland, suicide or suffering’, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown

International Business Times

Hong Kong Seniors Celebrate Life With Mass Marriage Vow Renewal

Rowdy cheers spilled from a Hong Kong banquet hall hosting a mass wedding party, as one of the 20 elderly couples renewing their vows coquettishly shared a strawberry marshmallow mouth-to-mouth.

The Independent UK

Home Secretary signals backing for assisted dying law change

Yvette Cooper said she was in favour of the ‘principle of needing change’ to the law.

Evening Standard

The downfall of Hannah Ingram-Moore and the Captain Tom Foundation is a tale of human folly

A damning inquiry has confirmed that Captain Tom Moore’s daughter and son-in-law “misled” the public and pocketed over £1 million from the foundation they set up in his name. Claudia Cockerell says it shows the world is made up of more Hannahs than Toms

The Guardian - UK

When social care is put in private hands

Letters: John Burton on the overhaul of children’s social care, and Janet Maitland on how chronic underfunding has tainted assessments of people’s needs

The National (Scotland)

Risk Scottish hospices 'may have to turn people away' amid funding crisis

SCOTTISH hospices have said there is a risk they may have to start turning patients away amid an “insurmountable funding gap”.

The National (Scotland)

Junior doctors in Scotland accept 11 per cent pay rise

Junior doctors in Scotland have accepted an 11 per cent pay rise, totalling £64.1 million, the Scottish Government has said.

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