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Shortage of foster carers causing ‘very real’ UK crisis, Barnardo’s warns

Charity calls on government to launch national campaign amid rise in number of children entering care homes

The Guardian - UK · Jan 7, 2025

‘We’re very glad we’ve done it’: the Liverpool couple who fostered more than 40 children

Charles and Dianne Hubbert retired after receiving an MBE for services to foster care

The Guardian - UK · Jan 7, 2025

‘Sandwich carers’ suffer poorer mental and physical health, research suggests

The average age of the carers – parents of young children who also care for an older relative – studied was around 37.

The Independent UK · Jan 7, 2025

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The Guardian view on Starmer and the NHS: renewal is the right priority

Editorial: Using the private sector to drive down waiting lists must not lead to the erosion of public healthcare

The Guardian - UK · Jan 6, 2025

‘Keeps me grateful’: how volunteering can help older adults

Older adults who volunteer have reduced risk of mortality, more optimism, and have a lower sense of depression and loneliness

The Guardian - US · Jan 6, 2025

A decade on, six things the world can learn from Wales’ innovative future generations law

Imagine a country where the needs of future generations are written into law – a nation determined to make decisions today that won’t harm people tomorrow.

The Conversation · Jan 6, 2025

Army Major who groped female colleague at Christmas party allowed to resume nursing career

Major Robin Dews was convicted of sexual assault at an Army Christmas party

Evening Standard · Jan 6, 2025

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Starmer: More patients to be treated privately in bid to slash NHS waiting lists

Women on gynaecological waiting lists and orthopaedics patients are among those who will be offered treatment privately.

Evening Standard · Jan 6, 2025

Starmer unveils overhaul of NHS – everything you need to know on changes to GPs and hospitals

The prime minister said the reforms focus on providing more convenience for patients, in a key speech on Monday

The Independent UK · Jan 6, 2025

‘Financial suffocation’: Argentina’s medics fear impact of Milei’s chainsaw cuts

Workers at main paediatric hospital say quality of care is threatened by president’s economic policy

The Guardian - US · Jan 6, 2025

Who might be the next archbishop of Canterbury?

The PA news agency takes a look at some of the names who could be in the running.

The Independent UK · Jan 6, 2025

Football-loving nun named world’s oldest living person reveals her secret

Sister Inah Canabarro nearly didn’t survive childhood

The Independent UK · Jan 5, 2025

How the ‘continuing healthcare’ system is failing sick and elderly people

Letters: Readers on the struggles of getting support for loved ones who need care outside hospital

The Guardian - UK · Jan 5, 2025

LED masks, electrolytes and Oura check-ins: the beauty editor's daily regime at 40

Our beauty editor on ageing gracefully and all the products and practises she loves as she enters her fifth decade

Evening Standard · Jan 5, 2025

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The National (Scotland) · Jan 4, 2025

'Parents are experts': Home education myths debunked as figures increase

'PARENTS are the experts in their own children", Stacy Matheson tells me, adding, "and know what they need to thrive".

Evening Standard · Jan 3, 2025

Midwife unknowingly worked alongside woman who delivered her for six years

Two Swansea midwives, Katie Wintle and Sharon Cooling, worked together for six years before discovering their special connection.

The Guardian - UK · Jan 3, 2025

Commons to Lords: the timeline for assisted dying bill’s progress

Bill begins its next parliamentary stage next month, with amendments expected before it proceeds

The Guardian - UK · Jan 3, 2025

Government would be ‘foolish’ to ignore palliative care warnings over assisted dying

Health committee chair Layla Moran says doctors’ concerns about impact on vulnerable patients must be heeded

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The Independent UK · Jan 3, 2025

People should be protected from catastrophic costs of upfront care – Streeting

The Health Secretary said ‘we’re determined to grip the crisis in social care’.

The Guardian - UK · Jan 3, 2025

Wes Streeting defends pace of plans for adult social care reform – as it happened

Health secretary says initial reports from commission led by Louise Casey will come next year

The Guardian - UK · Jan 3, 2025

Ministers plan biggest shake-up of adult social care in England for decades

But final report on reforms would not emerge until 2028, which health leaders say is kicking crisis ‘into the long grass’

The National (Scotland) · Jan 2, 2025

Cold snap ‘could lead to death of elderly' as Labour Winter Fuel Payment cut slammed

An imminent cold snap could put the elderly at risk of death, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has warned as a charity criticised the…

Kiplinger · Jan 2, 2025

Four Financial Steps That Can Help the Sandwich Generation Cope

People who are caring for kids and aging parents at the same time can take a hit mentally and financially, so make sure you're tapping into all available help.

The Guardian - UK · Dec 31, 2024

Joyce McCrindle obituary

Other lives: Primary school teacher whose love of travel opened up the world of art and history to the children she taught

The Guardian - AU · Dec 31, 2024

Fears Australia may face GP shortage as figures reveal almost 10% now aged over 70

GPs’ peak body is concerned a proposed new medical test for older doctors could force them from the system

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