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The Guardian view on post-16 qualifications: the switch to T-levels has been botched

Editorial: Colleges have been placed in an impossible position. Bridget Phillipson should heed their concerns

The Guardian - UK

Finding someone to look after our toddler all day and night is a big ask

The kids would be OK, but would our friend ever forgive us? By Séamas O’Reilly

The Guardian - UK

Surgery waitlists still long, despite faster treatment

New Queensland health data reveals that most elective surgery patients are being treated in the recommended timeframe, despite an ongoing backlog.

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UK has once-in-a-generation chance to allow assisted dying, says Labour peer

Lord Falconer reveals that Keir Starmer will not block Commons vote on giving terminally ill people choice of ending their lives

The Guardian - UK

Birthrates are plummeting worldwide. Can governments turn the tide?

Nations are deploying baby bonuses, subsidised childcare and parental leave to try to reverse a rapidly declining fertility rate – largely to no avail

The Guardian - AU

Surgeon suspended for sexual harassment at Oxford Transplant Centre

Medical tribunal suspends James Gilbert for eight months for the ‘serious misconduct’ it uncovered

The Guardian - UK

What’s the Best Age to Buy Long-Term-Care Insurance?

Understandably, you don't want to pay for too long or pay too much, so here's what to consider when you're deciding when to buy long-term care insurance.

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If You Are Having A Bad Day, These 50 Wholesome Posts May Cheer You Up

The “Wholesome Way To Start The Day” Instagram page is dedicated to wholesome memes to cheer you up. The post If You Are Having A Bad Day, These 50 Wholesome Posts May Cheer You Up first appeared on Bored Panda.

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The shrunken state expects families to fill the voids in health and social care. Woe betide those without children

As fewer Britons have children, more will be left to navigate our threadbare social care system and overstretched hospitals alone, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

I went for a walk every day after 6pm for a month—here’s what happened

From desk job to dusky strolls, evening walks worked wonders for my mind

Fit & Well

How do 4,500 people become 250? The stark reality of life on Japan’s rapidly depopulating Gotō Islands

Japan’s population crisis isn’t letting up, despite ongoing efforts by its government to boost fertility rates. According to data released in June, birth rates fell for the eighth consecutive year in 2023, reaching a record low.

The Conversation

Pat Fleetwood-Walker obituary

Other lives: Educationist who strove to promote sustainable communities in the West Midlands

The Guardian - UK

Early childhood education workers to receive 15% pay rise – if centres limit fee increases

Labor hopes forcing childcare centres to limit fee hikes to secure funding for wage rises will save parents from further price shocks

The Guardian - AU

How 'Home-Based Planning' Can Address Long-Term Care Costs

Traditional planning for the cost of long-term care doesn't reflect the realities of what the costs are and how they'll be paid.

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Doctor shortage concerns over age health check push

Australia's medical board is considering asking doctors over 70 to have mandatory heath checks over a "disturbing" jump in complaints.

The Guardian - UK

England’s GPs are squaring up to the government – but it’s an unnecessary battle

The tragedy for patients if industrial action seriously disrupts treatment is that doctors and ministers pretty much agree, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - AU

Regional and remote Australia most at risk as report warns of worsening GP shortfall

Peak body urges ‘comprehensive policy approach’ to reverse trend whereby more doctors are leaving general practice than adopting it as a career

The Guardian - UK

‘Celebrations of life’ increasingly replacing traditional funerals in UK, study shows

Report by Co-op Funeralcare highlights shift towards unusual venues, pets at services and glittery coffins

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Women call for separate baby loss units in Scottish hospitals

WALKING on to the labour ward at 13 weeks pregnant, Sharon Campbell wasn’t beaming with the joy of an expectant mother. At her 12-week scan,…

The Guardian - UK

Lea Milligan obituary

Other lives: Charity worker for the international development organisation Mercy Ships who became CEO of MQ Mental Health Research

The Guardian - UK

I’m jealous of my husband’s relationship with his sister

This type of unwelcome envy is more common than you’d think. Tackle it by identifying what you feel is being taken away from youEvery week Annalisa Barbieri addresses a relationship problem sent in by a reader

The Independent UK

“This could kill us”: Labour urged to bring back Winter Fuel Payment for millions of pensioners

Age UK says around two millions ‘struggling pensioners’ will miss out

The Guardian - UK

Why are English GPs taking industrial action and how will it affect patients?

Doctors have begun a work-to-rule action over a funding row, with each practice adopting different rules

International Business Times UK

Sweden To Pay Grandparents Parental Leave To Babysit Up To Three Months In Their Grandchild's First Year

Sweden has enacted a groundbreaking law allowing grandparents to receive paid parental leave to babysit their grandchildren for up to three months during the child's first year, enhancing family support and gender equality.

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Why I’m convinced men have more to do with the UK’s falling birth rates than women do

The falling birth rate has nothing to do with women's personal choices here are the real culprits

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