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Women’s health being neglected worldwide, says Melinda French Gates

Exclusive: Billionaire launches $250m fund to address problem as she warns of growth of ‘maternity care deserts’

The Guardian - UK

UK Government's Winter Fuel Payment cut will leave majority of pensioners worse off

THE UK Government’s “scandalous decision” to cut the eligibility of the Winter Fuel Payment will leave 85 of Scottish pensioners in poverty…

The National (Scotland)

The Guardian view on the coroner’s role: if deaths can be prevented, they should be

Editorial: When inquests make recommendations, they must not be allowed to sink into a bottom drawer

The Guardian - UK

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Deaths outstrip births in UK for first time in nearly 50 years

Excluding the Covid pandemic, ONS figures show 16,300 fewer births than deaths, not seen since 1970s ‘baby bust’

The Guardian - UK

When is it time for an older doctor to hang up their stethoscope? We owe it to our patients to get it right

A doctors’ ability to provide sound patient care diminishes with age. We need a comprehensive, fair and respectful way of assessing fitness to practice

The Guardian - AU

John Swinney stands by National Care Service plans as union withdraws support

THE Scottish Government's plans to set up a National Care Service are the “most effective way” of improving care services across the country,…

The National (Scotland)

Scotland's population rockets thanks to migration from abroad

SCOTLAND’s population rose faster than at any time since the 1940s the first half of last year thanks to people moving to the country from abroad…

The National (Scotland)

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STUC urges Scottish Government to drop National Care Service legislation

SCOTLAND'S largest trade union body has become the latest organisation to call on the Scottish Government to withdraw the National Care Service…

The National (Scotland)

‘Angry’ families to launch their own maternity inquiry after losing faith in NHS probe

‘I’m furious... it’s not our job to fix that maternity unit’, says father

The Independent UK

Bulk-billing incentives can't stop GP visits cost rise

The cost of a GP appointment keeps rising, with a spike in the number of GPs slugging patients more than $90 for a consultation.

AAP

Don't expect human life expectancy to grow much more, researcher says

A new study suggests that humanity is hitting the upper limit of life expectancy

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on privatised care failures: a service crying out for change

Editorial: The poor record of for-profit care homes must lead to a rethink on how public services are organised

The Guardian - UK

Rises in life expectancy have slowed dramatically, analysis finds

Rapid rises achieved in 20th century have slowed significantly, with life expectancy in the US falling

The Guardian - UK

Increase in human life expectancy is slowing down, study suggests

The study suggests it would be optimistic if 15% of females and 5% of males could live to 100 years old in most countries this century.

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The rise in human life expectancy is finally slowing down

There may be more immediate potential in improving quality of life at older ages instead of extending life, scientists say

The Guardian - UK

GP care analysis casts doubt on Labour pledge to ‘bring back the family doctor’

Patients will increasingly see nurses, physiotherapists or pharmacists instead of GPs, says Frontier Economics study

The Guardian - UK

English council may ask parents of children taken into care to pay half of costs

Derbyshire authority proposes asking for up to £113 a week for children in care under voluntary arrangements

The Guardian - UK

Children raised by friends or relatives are being ‘plunged into poverty’, says UK charity

A lack of financial and emotional support for kinship carers could push up to 18,000 children into an already overstretched foster care system

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The Guardian - UK

Coroners warn of risk to lives without urgent reform of NHS adult care

Health secretary Wes Streeting told to speed up changes as inability to free up hospital bed linked to deaths of patients

The Guardian - UK

‘Prognosis is not an exact science’: NHS doctors consider practicalities of assisted dying

Questions raised over potential eligibility, while body representing palliative care staff opposes law change

The Guardian - UK

What have Labour cabinet ministers said about assisted dying?

The government is remaining neutral in the vote, meaning ministers will be allowed to follow their consciences

The Independent UK

One in four millennials keen to have children ‘say finances are putting them off’

Women in their thirties also listed their work and not having a suitable partner as reasons why they were putting off having children

The National (Scotland)

Common Weal: Why we won't support the National Care Service

The think tank says it cannot support the bill in its current form.

Evening Standard

Bill to give 'choice at end of life' to be introduced to Parliament this month

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater calls for ‘honest and compassionate’ debate on her Bill

The Guardian - UK

Graves could be reused under proposals to tackle lack of space for the dead

Law Commission also suggests reopening cemeteries declared full as part of England and Wales consultation

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