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Factbox-How China is seeking to boost its falling birth rate

China saw its population fall by roughly 850,000 last year - its first drop in six decades that marks the start of an expected long-term decline in citizen numbers with major economic consequences.

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China’s Population Shrinks for the First Time in Six Decades

The country had 850,000 fewer people at the end of 2022 than it did a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics says

Caixin Global

Little Scots girl with leukaemia turned away by doctors TEN times as frantic mum begged for help

Theano Zahorszki's mum threatened to take the tot abroad for tests before doctors finally listened to her pleas and carried out blood tests to determine what was wrong

Daily Record

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China's first population drop in six decades sounds alarm on demographic crisis

China's population fell last year for the first time in six decades, a historic turn that is expected to mark the start of a long period of decline in its citizen numbers with profound implications for its economy and the world.

Reuters

Bring back cottage hospitals to free capacity in NHS, says senior health leader

Cottage hospitals were a small type of hospital first developed in the UK in the mid-1800s

Evening Standard

Nicola Sturgeon responds as elective surgeries are cancelled in Ayrshire

The First Minister laid out a plan to tackle the backlog of elective procedures.

Daily Record

Thousands turn out to bid farewell to Greece’s former king

Thousands of people have been lining up since before dawn outside Athens’ cathedral to pay their final respects to Greece’s former King Constantine

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Staff shortages hits plan for more winter beds at West Lothian hospital

Plans for more beds for elderly folk have hit a snag due to staff shortages

Daily Record

Victorian aged care home faces multiple investigations over death of resident on footpath outside facility

Questions over the death of a man on the pavement outside his aged care home may soon be answered with a series of investigations underway.

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Man dies after being found covered in blood in middle of the street

Police say he was covered in blood on his hands, face and on his bare feet.

Daily Record

Frances Foord obituary

Other lives: Midwife who spent 26 years in the Gambia before focusing on postnatal care in London

The Guardian - UK

Devastated mum had stillborn baby two days after hospital 'inappropriately' sent her home

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Hayley Ryan lost her son Zaiyan at 30 weeks after being admitted to Prince Charles Hospital in South Wales with an NHS investigation finding several "care problems"

Daily Mirror

Britain’s excess death rate is at a disastrous high – and the causes go far beyond Covid

A deadly, avoidable crisis is under way, fuelled by NHS cuts, the neglect of social care, inequality and the soaring cost of living, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer pledges to tackle ‘bureaucratic nonsense’ to save NHS

Labour leader sets out views on health service, saying ‘if we don’t get real about reform, the NHS will die’

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Ireland priest shortage sees families waiting up to two weeks to bury loved ones

Stephen Murphy, of Jennings Funeral Directors, said more people are holding ceremonies in funeral homes as fewer priests means a longer wait for a church Mass.

The Independent UK

Women seeking abortions face ‘cruel’ delays due to NHS funding row

Exclusive: ‘I don’t understand how anyone managing healthcare can act so cruelly,’ says medical director of leading UK abortion provider

The Independent UK

Dementia patient’s ‘barbaric’ five-hour ambulance wait and three days on A&E trolley

Exclusive: Daughter describes ‘traumatic’ experience tending to her mother in a crowded hospital corridor

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on how the UK has become a hostile place to have children

Parents are being forced to bring up their offspring in conditions that will have grave repercussions for society

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High school students help to fill healthcare gaps as rural hospital battles staff shortages

Year 12 students in Victoria are getting a taste of working in a healthcare setting while helping to plug staffing gaps.

Daily Record

Young mum left wheelchair-bound after being unaware she had a stroke on Christmas Day

Casey Singleton needs full-time care from her partner Jack after suffering two strokes at the age of just 22.

Daily Mirror

How long will you live? Interactive map that shows the life expectancy in your area

The map reveals the areas of the UK with the highest and lowest life expectancy for men and women with London districts featuring heavily among the best places to live

Daily Mirror

Mum who had baby on her own given just two years to live - but says she'd do it all again

Emma Postance has multiple sclerosis, a lifelong, incurable condition that can lead to sufferers needing a wheelchair. Despite her health issues, she was determined to hold her own child in her arms

Daily Mirror

Mum suffers stroke while sitting at Christmas dinner table and doesn't realise for days

Casey Singleton, 22, only learned she'd had a stroke when when she visited a physiotherapist and was told to see a doctor immediately after experiencing blurred vision

Liverpool Echo

Mum, 22, suffers stroke as she sits at Christmas dinner table

Casey Singleton, 22, saw her vision blur and felt like she was about to fall off her chair

Bangkok Post

Govt urged to raise pension for elderly

Senior citizens should receive a universal pension of 3,000 baht per month to ease their financial burden, activists and academics said at a forum.

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