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Ambulance strikes: What are the demands and what is the government offering?

Industrial action by emergency service personnel biggest of its kind for 30 years

The Independent UK

NI health service faces 'very difficult six to eight weeks' as extreme pressures continue

"I suspect that it will be a very busy time for the health service and that really there is no silver bullet to fix this"

Belfast Live

The official who investigates suspicious deaths in your town may be a doctor — or not

When a group of physicians gathered in Washington state for an annual meeting, one made a startling revelation: If you ever want to know when, how — and where — to kill someone, I can tell you, and you’ll get away with it. No problem.

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Inside a children’s hospital: Struggling to cope with a surge of respiratory illness

Waiting for their turn in the emergency room, dazed-looking parents in winter coats bounced crying children in their arms, trying to catch the eye of Dr. Erica Michiels. Us! Pick us next! they seemed to plead with tired eyes.

Tribune News Service

Medics returning to A&E after 12 hours off finding same patients still waiting

Medics in A&E are going off shift and returning 12 hours later to find the same patients still waiting to be admitted as the NHS is overwhelmed, a hospital chief has revealed.

Evening Standard

West Lothian nurses to strike in New Year

Nurses in West Lothian will join those across Scotland in striking next year

Daily Record

Man pulls 11 teeth out and keeps them in a jar as he can't get an NHS dentist appointment

George Glinos, from Liverpool, has pulled out 11 of his own teeth and keeps them in a jar, claiming he has been unable to get a dental appointment for four years

Daily Mirror

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Devastated West Lothian mum finds daughter dead two weeks before Christmas

Sharon Brown and her family have been left devastated after her 30-year-old daughter, Aleisha Evans, passed away through the night at their home on December 11.

Edinburgh Live

Police search family of Tanzanian man who tragically died on Monday

Ndesanjo Massue was 65

Manchester Evening News

Life after stroke: Newcastle dad 'grateful' three years on from Christmas trauma

Three years to the day since a stroke changed the Newcastle dad's perspective, he's grateful for a Christmas without CT scans - one where he is in control of his body.

Newcastle Herald

Warning of ‘very challenging’ days for hospitals amid knock-on effect of ambulance strike

Health bosses are warning that disruption to urgent care will be expected this week after thousands of workers staged a historic walkout.

Evening Standard

UK residents told not to get drunk or play sports as ambulance workers strike

The UK government advises people not to play contact sports, take unnecessary car trips or get drunk in order to reduce their risk of needing an ambulance as workers begin a one-day strike.

ABC News

Dad, 29, who 'seemed fine' found dead at home

Joshua Richardson was just 29 when he was found dead at home by his mother.

Manchester Evening News

NSW minister COVID status 'inconclusive'

A NSW parliamentary report examining Health Minister Brad Hazzard's status as a COVID-19 virus contact has proved to be inconclusive.

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The Conversation

Matt Hancock’s Pandemic Diaries and the history of the redemptive memoir

Matt Hancock has achieved fame in recent months for devouring a cow anus live on television (during his I’m A Celebrity stint) and for releasing questionable TikTok videos cringing about his past “embarrassing” moments.

Evening Standard

More than a million Londoners on an NHS waiting list for treatment

More than 30,000 people were waiting longer than a year for treatment

Evening Standard

Government ‘could fast-track NHS pay rise next year’

Health Secretary Steve Barclay ‘poised to offer an expedited pay deal’ after nursing and ambulance strikes, according to reports

ABC News

Perth naturopath Mauricio Bascunan Cabrera has prison term extended after another victim identified

Another victim of 40-year-old Mauricio Bascunan Cabrera has come forward, following publicity of his abuse of 18 other female patients in his care.

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Manchester Evening News

Pensioner left in agony pulls 11 teeth out because he can't get an NHS dentist

George, from Liverpool, has taken matters into his own hands

Liverpool Echo

Man who can't get an NHS dentist has started pulling his own teeth out

George Glinos keeps the teeth he has extracted in a jar

Liverpool Echo

Mum's business brainwave after finding lumps of hair on son's pillow

Georgina's products have since sold globally after she "realised the power" of what she could do

Leeds Live

Striking Leeds paramedics say seriously ill patients are forced to wait for '16 hours in the back of an ambulance'

They have told of their own experiences on the front line

Daily Record

Scots nurses have been undervalued for years – give them the raise they deserve

Scotland's nurses have more than proven their worth over lockdown despite years of below-inflation pay rises, writes Record View.

AAP

Andrews errs on youth detention stats

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews "misspoke" when indicating no kids under 14 are in detention, as pressure mounts to raise the age of criminal responsibility.

The Independent UK

KidsOR to set up operating room in Afghanistan to help with ‘desperate need’

Kids Operating Room will open the theatre in Kabul’s Ataturk Children’s Hospital, the charity has announced.

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