The Latest Breaking News on Ageing

First registered private gender clinic for young people in England ‘outstanding’

Gender Plus was set up and is run by staff who previously worked at the now-shut NHS Gender Identity Development Service (Gids).

The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2024

Up to 300,000 children could be missing out on education in England, thinktank suggests

EPI blames patchy data for uncertainty over numbers and calls for national register to track those out of school

The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2024

The Guardian view on social care: reformers must reclaim the initiative

Editorial: Labour pledged ‘deep reform’ of this flawed and complex system. A royal commission could shape a consensus

The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2024

Diane Abbott raises fears GPs will find it cheaper to promote assisted dying

MP says what terminally ill people ‘really’ need is access to hospice care and proper end-of-life care

The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2024

Costs of assisted dying 'will be examined at next stage', says minister

A historic vote on Friday means assisted dying could be legalised in England and Wales.

Evening Standard · Dec 1, 2024

MPs who backed assisted dying Bill suggest concerns could see them change stance

On Friday, MPs voted 330 to 275, majority 55, to approve Labour MP Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at second reading.

The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2024

US Financial Advisers And Lawyers Reveal The Best Age To Write A Will—Here's Why And How

Although people wait until middle age to start thinking about wills, experts believe they should get one drafted upon reaching legal age, which is 18 for most US states

International Business Times UK · Nov 30, 2024

French influencers call on followers to break blood donation record

Two social media influencers are aiming to help draw in a record number of blood donors in Paris this weekend.

Radio France Internationale · Nov 30, 2024

MPs across divide call for better palliative care after assisted dying vote

Layla Moran and Diane Abbott say end-of-life care needs more funding after bill passed for England and Wales

The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2024

Senior MP ‘worried that vulnerable people will get swept up’ in assisted dying

A historic Commons vote on Friday means that assisted dying could be legalised in England and Wales.

Evening Standard · Nov 30, 2024