Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News on Ageing

Decisions taken during Covid pandemic still weigh heavily on me, says Swann

Stormont’s former health minister was giving evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.

Evening Standard

PM reiterates no pressure on assisted dying vote after Streeting criticised

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has been accused of crossing a line by stating his opposition to the assisted dying proposals.

The Independent UK

Swann says he did not provide sufficient direction at start of pandemic

Robin Swann told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry that the threat of the pandemic became ‘real’ to him when modelling figures on cases were produced.

Evening Standard

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Assisted dying: More Cabinet members reveal how they will vote

Bridget Phillipson and Louise Haigh are the latest in Sir Keir Starmer’s top team to indicate how they will vote next week.

Evening Standard

Phillipson likely to vote against assisted dying bill as Starmer warns ministers

PM confirms he will vote on bill but stresses importance of government neutrality before free vote

The Guardian - UK

Children’s social care reforms to include rules to stop profiteering

The Government is to set out its plans in Parliament.

The Independent UK

Revealed: ‘Grassroots’ campaigns opposed to assisted dying financed by conservative Christian pressure groups

Religious lobbyists are secretly coordinating and funding bodies that claim to be led by disabled people and health workers

The Guardian - UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

A 95-year-old woman died after being tasered in a NSW aged care home. Was it manslaughter?

Police bodycam footage of Clare Nowland moving slowly with the help of a walking frame has been played at the trial of Sen Const Kristian White

The Guardian - AU

Why Prince William and Princess Kate are “closer than ever” to King Charles

Marie Claire

Compassion ‘under threat’ from assisted dying, warn Catholic Bishops

A debate and first vote on assisted dying are expected to take place on November 29.

Evening Standard

Voices: Memo to my family: Stop asking me when I’m going to make you grandparents

COMMENT: … because, writes Beth Ashley, the answer might be ‘never’ - especially if we keep being put under this kind of pressure

The Independent UK

Unions ‘prepared to listen’ to health ministers’ two-step pay increase proposal

However the unions representing health workers have warned they are prepared to take industrial action.

Evening Standard

Health Secretary accused of crossing a line on airing assisted dying views

A Labour peer said Wes Streeting’s comments are a breach of Government neutrality on the divisive issue.

Evening Standard

Scottish Government still 'absolutely committed' to National Care Service – minister

Scotland’s social care minister Maree Todd has said she is “absolutely committed” to delivering a new National Care Service amid ongoing…

The National (Scotland)

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Wes Streeting faces pushback from senior Labour figures over assisted dying

The Health Secretary has said he is against a change in the law to allow terminally ill people to be given assistance to end their lives

The Independent UK

Hodge: It is a bit daft of Streeting to suggest assisted dying will cost NHS

The Health Secretary said he had asked his department to analyse the costs of implementing any change in the law on assisted dying.

Newcastle Herald

Small communities call for help to support ageing populations

Upper Hunter Shire Council issues aged care warning

The Guardian - US

Premature birth rates in US remain at historic high, report finds

Rate in 2023 remains at 10.4% due to chronic conditions, inadequate prenatal care and racial disparities

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

International Business Times

Norwegian Women Discover Shocking Switched-At-Birth Mix-Up Nearly 60 Years Later, Sue Government

Two women in Norway, swapped at birth almost six decades ago, allege a government coverup of the mix-up. Their lawsuit against the state seeks justice and compensation after discovering the truth through DNA tests and withheld information.

The Guardian - UK

Many NHS staff would use ‘conscience clause’ if assisted dying legalised, say doctors

Christian and Muslim groups say medics who refuse to help patients to die are not protected enough in England and Wales bill

The National (Scotland)

Concerns over anti-assisted dying commentator's links 'to religious right'

CONCERNS have been raised over a prominent anti-assisted dying commentator’s links to “the religious right” as a bill on the issue makes its…

The Guardian - UK

Legalisation of assisted dying may force NHS cuts, Wes Streeting warns

Minister has asked officials at Department of Health to analyse implications for other services

The Independent UK

Health secretary warns of ‘chilling slippery slope’ as he orders review of costs of assisted dying

Wes Streeting has asked the Department for Health and Social Care to look at costs of assisted dying bill

Evening Standard

Streeting asks officials to analyse costs around law change on assisted dying

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the Department of Health and Social Care would examine the costs associated with a change in the law.

Evening Standard

Assisted dying law could come at expense of other NHS services, says Streeting

The Health Secretary said the Government would need to work through ‘a very new way of working’ if the Bill was passed.

1 … 58 59 60 61

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Department of Health

National Care Service

Department for Health and Social Care

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.