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Call for Scotland to end zero-hours contracts in social care sector

TWO former health ministers have called on Humza Yousaf to ban zero-hours contracts in the social care sector.

The National (Scotland)

Talkspace offers therapy & psychiatry from the comfort of your home

80% off of people in a study found Talkspace online therapy as effective as in-person sessions

Mic

'Horror led me to act... shame we're still fighting for closure' - Tuam campaigner Catherine Corless on battle for justice

'Five years on, and the babies still await a Christian burial'

Irish Mirror

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Ministers refuse to negotiate with nurses on pay to prevent NHS strikes

Government rebuffs union offer to suspend action in return for talks, saying it can’t depart from review body’s recommendation

The Guardian - UK

Senior Labour frontbencher launches attack on health union

THE British Medical Association (BMA) has criticised the “disappointing” comments from Labour’s shadow health secretary after he launched an…

The National (Scotland)

Writing a letter to Santa isn’t easy – especially if one of you struggles to hold a pencil

Learning left-handed hand-writing is a tricky business – and my four-year-old is not impressed with my demonstrations

The Guardian - UK

Mum's tribute as Harry Kinney-Ryan, 13, donates organs to save others

Harry's mum said: "I've never felt so broken but proud of my baby boy"

Liverpool Echo

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Inside the 'tridemic': North Philly children struggling to breathe are waiting hours to be seen at the ER

PHILADELPHIA — Raspy cries and barky coughs echoed across the emergency room at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children on a recent chilly morning in North Philadelphia. Kids had just started to stream into the waiting room, yet every available bed was already filled.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Ministers accused of ‘dangerous’ stance after they refuse to negotiate pay with nurses to prevent strikes

Nursing leaders have offered to suspend Thursday’s industrial action in return for talks

The Independent UK

Queensland's 'unsophisticated' hotel quarantine system left man without proper medical care, coroner finds

Questions are being raised about the death of a man who was in hotel quarantine before he died by suicide, after a coroner found the "unsophisticated" quarantine system left him without proper medical care.

ABC News

NHS chief warns nurse strike could make waiting times longer

Up to 100,000 Royal College of Nursing (RCN) members will strike on Thursday for the first time in the union’s 126-year history

Evening Standard

Bill aims to stop care homes in UK preventing visits due to Covid

Private members bill paves way for law to end a minority of providers limiting access to relatives, two and a half years after first lockdown

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on why public sector workers deserve a fair pay deal and have no choice but to strike

The government has failed to raise real-term wages for years and is now refusing to negotiate

The Guardian - UK

'Construction industry’s suicide statistics must be made available'

‘THERE’S something going on in construction, and we don’t know where we are in Scotland. To me, that’s just ignoring it.”

The National (Scotland)

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Couple demand answers after baby dies 30 minutes after birth at Leeds General Infirmary

Fiona Winser-Ramm and husband Daniel still seeking explanation for daughter Aliona's death nearly three years ago

Daily Record

Ex-health secretaries call for ban on zero hour contracts for Scots carers

Alex Neil and Malcolm Chisholm have backed a campaign by relatives of patients, academics and politicians calling for an end to the exploitative regime in social care jobs

Tribune News Service

Free condoms available in France next year for those under 25 years old

One of the most romantic countries in the world will be providing free condoms for young people starting in the new year.

AAP

Children's dental program funding extended

A scheme that provides dental services for children from low-income backgrounds has been extended for a further four years.

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Belfast Live

Meet the Derry company tackling the NHS mental health waiting list crisis

"Not having access to the right support can have severe impacts on people’s lives."

The Independent UK

Unions clash with Health Secretary who warns of ‘significant’ strike risks

The Royal College of Nursing on Saturday offered to “press pause” on planned strike action if Steve Barclay agreed to negotiate properly on pay.

Belfast Live

Christmas and New Year closure and out of hours details for GPs, dentists, and other care services

Find out what will be open and when over the festive holidays if you or a loved one becomes unwell

Manchester Evening News

Loving dad, 39, lay down and never woke up - his devoted wife and sons don't know why

James Thomson, who lived in Prestwich, leaves behind a wife and two young sons

Daily Mirror

Nurses' union offers to pause NHS strikes if Health Secretary agrees to pay talks

In a statement, Royal College of Nurses (RCN) general secretary Pat Cullen called on Steve Barclay to engage, saying: "Negotiate with nurses and avoid this strike. Five times my offer to negotiate has been turned down"

The Independent UK

Nurses’ union ‘ready to pause strikes’ if health secretary agrees to pay talks

RCN has reportedly offered to ‘press pause’ on planned strike action

The Guardian - UK

Exclusive: health unions offer to pause NHS strikes if government join pay talks

Royal College of Nursing and Unison call on health secretary to negotiate with them to avoid action at Christmas and new year

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