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Growing old behind bars: inside Germany's 'grandpa prisons'

Reflecting demographic trends, Germany's prison population is ageing. The largest unit for senior prisoners in the country is in Bielefeld-Senne, east of Cologne – where inmates live in specially adapted cells and aren't required to work once they pass retirement age.

Radio France Internationale

Takeaways from AP’s investigation of US death benefits program for public safety officers

A federal program that provides benefits to the families of police and firefighters who die and become disabled on duty is rapidly growing while facing criticism for increasing delays in deciding claims

The Independent UK

MPs back bill changes to prevent medics raising assisted dying with under-18s

Next week’s final vote finely balanced, with scrutiny growing over loopholes and who will deliver the system

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Ban on advertising and safeguard for child patients added to Assisted Dying Bill

On Friday a majority of MPs approve a new clause to ensure medics cannot raise the topic of assisted dying with under-18s.

Evening Standard

EHRC urged to extend consultation on post-supreme court ruling gender guidance

Exclusive: Charities and service providers say six-week timetable is too rushed in letter to equalities watchdog

The Guardian - UK

MPs to discuss ban on assisted dying adverts as Bill returns to Parliament

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is undergoing a second day of report stage, with various amendments likely to be debated.

Evening Standard

Assisted dying adverts to be banned if service legalised, Kim Leadbeater says

MP to table amendment amid ‘wide consensus’ that ads should not be allowed to promote the procedure

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Assisted dying: UK doctor says helping patients die in Australia is a ‘privilege’

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is due to return to the House of Commons for debate on Friday

Evening Standard

No sanction for doctor found guilty of misconduct in Martha’s rule case

Tribunal says consultant’s failings in treatment of Martha Mills ‘single lapse of judgment in an otherwise exemplary career’

The Guardian - UK

NHS should ‘tear up the outpatient model’ – Sir Jim Mackey

Health officials said that the 10 year plan for health will focus on improving quality.

Evening Standard

5 smart tech essentials for seniors

How smart tech is helping the elderly retain their independence

Aussie men urged not to delay seeking health treatment

As part of Men's Health Week, Australian men are being encouraged to book in for a routine check up with their doctor.

AAP

Scotland's births continue to fall – here's why it shows we need more migration

THE number of babies born in Scotland in the first three months of this year is 3.9 per cent lower than average, new figures have revealed.

The National (Scotland)

Doctor guilty of misconduct over case of girl, 13, whose death led to Martha’s rule

Panel found Prof Richard Thompson failed to escalate Martha Mills’s treatment to intensive care or to review her condition directly in person

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What Boomers and Gen Xers Can Learn from Younger Colleagues

Whether you're Gen X or a baby boomer, your younger colleagues' opinions on work may help you find a new job or be happier in the one you've got.

The Independent UK

More than 1,200 mothers and 900 children impacted by Dutch fertility scandal

The clinic admitted to using sperm from mass donors for over a decade in an ‘appalling’ case

Evening Standard

Around 1,000 doctors urge MPs to vote against ‘unsafe’ assisted dying Bill

In a letter, doctors from across the NHS warned the Bill provides ‘inadequate safeguards’.

Evening Standard

TV doctor Hilary Jones says he would help terminally ill to die if law changed

Last month, MPs approved a change in the Bill to ensure no medics would be obliged to take part in assisted dying.

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Nurses to vote on pay deal amid concerns of industrial action

Around 345,000 members of the Royal College of Nursing will be asked if the pay award is enough.

The Guardian - AU

‘Geographic narcissism’: the battle to fund aged care providers in rural Australia

Regional communities are coming up with local models to meet growing aged care needs but say they have to ‘beg and scrape’ to get equal funding to the cities

Kiplinger

Baby Boomers vs Gen X: Who Spends More?

Baby Boomers and Gen X are guilty of spending a lot of money. Here's a look at where their money goes.

The Guardian - UK

‘How did it get to this?’ What happens when care in a residential home breaks down

The Firs in Nottinghamshire closed suddenly in April, exposing shocking failures that underscore the strains on care provision across the country

The Guardian - UK

Police actions worsened medical crisis that led to black man’s death, inquest finds

Godrick Osei had acute behavioural disturbance when police dragged him across a bathroom floor by his collar

The Guardian - UK

Dame June Clark obituary

Forthright president of the Royal College of Nursing who later became a government adviser

The Guardian - UK

Less than 4% of exploited care workers helped by UK government scheme

Only 941 of 29,000 exploited migrant workers reported finding new employer through multimillion-pound scheme

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