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Families of care home residents who died in pandemic preparing for legal action

Leigh Day is representing 22 people who each have one or more family members who died, some in hospital but the majority in care homes.

The Independent UK

Pensioner left with 'eggs on toast' for Christmas dinner amid cost of living crisis

THE boss of a community interest company has revealed the hardship the cost of living crisis has inflcited on an elderly woman.

The National (Scotland)

Meet the people offering care and support to those facing a terminal illness this Christmas

Marie Curie staff will ensure people living with a terminal illness and their families are cared for through the festive period

Belfast Live

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Cost of living: Hundreds of parents in Ireland to receive €300 in February 2023

This new scheme will be piloted in the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, and University Hospital Waterford

Irish Mirror

East Belfast mum hails her 'miracle baby' who defied the odds after 54 days in ICU

Mum Jasmyn was diagnosed with severe preeclampsia

Belfast Live

Mother of premature boy hails her ‘miracle baby’ who has defied the odds

Raman Lamba was born by emergency caesarean section and spent 54 days in intensive care.

The Independent UK

Grieving relatives plan legal action against government over Covid care home deaths

The government and potential co-defendants have been alerted to the pending legal action

Evening Standard

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Pensioner waited four hours in snow for ambulance after falling into manhole

The 79-year-old said she was screaming for more than 45 minutes when she became trapped in a manhole

Irish Mirror

Thousands raised in memory of Swansea nurse who died aged 32

The money raised will fund 350 hours of nursing care from Marie Curie nurses

Wales Online

Struggling Scottish nurse 'doing extra shifts to pay for petrol to get to work'

Speaking after members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) voted to reject the Scottish Government’s pay offer, she said: “I have to work extra shifts on wards at weekends to pay for petrol to get to work and to help with bills.

Edinburgh Live

Avoid elderly this Christmas if you have a cough, NHS warns amid surge in viruses

The UK Health Security Agency has issued advice for Britons

Evening Standard

Commentary: Older workers shouldn’t have to live in poverty

On Dec. 2, Gary Rasor, an 83-year-old worker at Home Depot, died from injuries he sustained after being violently pushed to the ground while on the job. Rasor had worked at the store as an “associate” for nine years, and celebrated his 83rd birthday in the hospital just days after…

Tribune News Service

Hospitals Overflow in China’s COVID Wave

China is battling a wave of infections that has hit the elderly hard, but has officially logged only a handful of deaths from the coronavirus after the government redefined the criteria by which Covid deaths are counted. At No.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Curious Kids: why doesn't the rainbow have black, brown and grey in it?

Why doesn’t the rainbow have colours like black, brown and grey in it? – Ivy, aged four, Kent, UK

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Bristol Post

Where you can go on Christmas Day if you’re on your own

The Trinity Centre will be open all week with Caring in Bristol hosting a range of services and food

The Independent UK

Union calls for talks with Welsh Government over health workers’ dispute

Unison, which represents tens of thousands of health workers in Wales, has written an open letter to First Minister Mark Drakeford.

The Texas Tribune

UT Health San Antonio will launch new trauma research program with military

The research teams are expected to focus on traumatic brain injury, stem cell research, drug development and anti-shock therapies.

Daily Mirror

'I've done nothing for Christmas and can't stop crying after health scare and surgery'

Coleen Nolan advises a reader whose mental state has suffered after a recent traumatic event and is not feeling at all festive - instead worrying she may have become depressed

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Daily Mirror

'Our local warm bank keeps kids cosy and fed as I struggle to make ends meet'

Sara Phillips takes her children to their local warm space in Cookridge, on the outskirts of Leeds as she says her family don't even have the choice between heating or eating

Daily Mirror

NHS unions to boycott powerful pay body which Tories used to force through carer cuts

The government plans to halt NHS strikes by promising a fast-tracked pay deal next year but Unite have told the Mirror it will either refuse to participate or enter submissions

Chronicle Live

NHS bosses issue new plea to the public as North East services struggle under 'highest pressure ever seen'

NHS bosses are warning delays are to be expected over the coming days

Manchester Evening News

Strep A kills five more children in England as scarlet fever cases jump

The latest figures show that 21 children under 18 have now died with invasive Group A Strep (iGAS) infections in England since September

Tribune News Service

Spain’s win for transgender rights almost tore the country apart

Carla Antonelli waved a baby blue, white and pink trans flag as the Spanish congress passed a bill that makes the country one of the few in the world where anyone over the age of 16 can easily change their gender on their identification card. In a sign of how…

ABC News

Patients concerned over uncertain future for government-funded long COVID clinics

Uncertainty over whether public long COVID clinics will remain open next year has left some patients worried about their future treatment.

Chicago Sun-Times

Homelessness can’t be fixed with one-size-fits-all approach

Chicago shouldn’t copy New York City’s approach. Hospitalization takes an individual who has a mental health condition off the street, but it doesn’t guarantee they won’t end up there again.

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