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Charity calls for more financial help for older people despite bumper pay rise to State Pension next month

State Pension payments are rising to up to £815 each month for some older people in April.

Daily Record

Social welfare Ireland: Major health boost for thousands as GP visit card changes come into effect in April

In the Budget earlier this year, it was announced that the income limit for the GP visit card would be increased to include more people, and that kids aged six and seven can also get GP cards

Dublin Live

'World's oldest man' dies as devastated family slam 'botched op' to remove horns

Ali Anter, believed to be Yemen's and the world's oldest man has gnarled, horn-like growths protruding from the side of his head and has died at the reported age of 140

Daily Mirror

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UK falls down global ranks for life expectancy - how do we compare to other countries?

Over the past seven decades, the UK has performed worse than all G7 countries bar the US

The Independent UK

Adult social care sector on the precipice over costs, Care England warns

The charity said more than two in five providers had to close down part of their organisation or hand back contracts due to financial pressures.

The Independent UK

UK used to have seventh longest life expectancy in the world, today it is 29th

The rankings show that the only G7 country to do worse than the UK is the USA

Wales Online

US pregnancy deaths dropped in 2022, after COVID spike

New data suggests U.S. deaths of pregnant women dropped significantly in 2022

The Independent UK

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UK falls down global ranks for life expectancy – analysis

Academics examined life expectancies around the world from 1952 to 2021.

The Independent UK

'World's oldest man' dies 'aged 140' after surgery to remove horn-like growths on head

Ali Anter, alleged to be Yemen's and possibly the World's oldest man, became famous for his a condition with caused the huge growth from his forehead

Daily Mirror

National Lottery grant boost for West Lothian organisation that provides support to vulnerable young people

The figure ensures they are able to work with 150 youngsters over the next three years.

Daily Record

Social workers should not assess asylum seeker ages for Home Office, professional body says

Home Office is recruiting them for new age assessment board, taking responsibility away from local authorities

The Guardian - UK

Young people caring for someone with a disability urged to claim annual payment worth nearly £360

The Young Carer Grant is for those aged 16, 17 or 18 who provide up to 16 hours of care each week.

Daily Record

LOCALIZE IT: Nursing home residents rely on small stipends

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The Independent UK

In nursing homes, impoverished live final days on pennies

A half-century-old bit of American bureaucracy is leaving hundreds of thousands of nursing home residents in an unthinkable bind: Living on as little as $30 a month

The Independent UK

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Manchester Evening News

Fundraiser hunts 10 charities in need to gift £1,000 across region

The charity cash has been made available after a record-breaking fundraiser in Manchester

The Independent UK

How to get through Mother’s Day if you have fertility issues

Fertility Network UK advises how to navigate Mothering Sunday If you’re struggling to conceive or can’t have children. By Lisa Salmon.

Daily Record

Lanarkshire woman blew £50k that was supposed to pay for dementia-suffering dad's care home fees

Alison Carson told a social worker she'd spent all the money and resorted to buying scratch cards in a desperate bid to 'win it back'

Daily Mirror

Girl, 3, went to bed with a runny nose - but mysteriously never woke up

Eva Rydings, from Oldham, was found dead in her bed by her brother in the morning after going to bed having appeared to be "healthy" and "normal", an inquest heard

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Manchester Evening News

'Our little girl went to sleep healthy, but she never woke up and we don't know why'

Eva Rydings, 3 was tragically discovered dead in her bed last year

The Independent UK

‘Health and Care Chancellor’ urged to support social care in Budget

Unpaid carers have been left to fill a gap due to a shortfall of social care services at a time of growing demand, the Care and Support Alliance said.

Liverpool Echo

Doctor asked for Lucy Letby to be taken off shift

Letby, 33, denies the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of 10 others between June 2015 and June 2016

Belfast Live

NI woman's memory lives on in fund helping refugees at Belfast school

Ann McGeeney passed away in 2014 at the age of 52

Daily Mirror

Mum gives birth to 12lb baby girl at home as friend jokes tot born in school uniform

Ruth Harvey, 36, welcomed baby daughter Tabitha in a birthing pool in her living room in South Ayreshire, Scotland, but couldn't believe it when the midwife revealed her weight

Daily Mirror

Teacher sacked for missing meeting because her mum has cancer wins £16,800 payout

Dr Jacqueline Dumigan, who worked at The Mount School, in Huddersfield, was let go after she failed to attend a compulsory meeting because she had to talk to family members when her mum was diagnosed with cancer

The National (Scotland)

Health inequalities in Scotland hit highest level ever, report suggests

SOME indicators of health inequalities in Scotland have reached their highest level on record, a new report shows.

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