MYSTERIOUS: 2 | Mind Blowing Facts

New figures reveal impact of Scotland’s care worker visa offer amid UK crackdown

A SCOTTISH Government scheme launched in response to Westminster's crackdown on care worker visas has helped provide an estimated 19,500 additional hours of social care a month, new figures show.

The National (Scotland) · Nov 4

Sandie Peggie to appeal against employment tribunal ruling on case against union

Ms Peggie’s case against the RCN was heard in Dundee this autumn.

Evening Standard · Nov 4

A Caregiving Expert Says These 3 Things Should Be Done Before Your Parents Have a Medical Emergency

Your mother falls in the middle of the night, and suddenly you’re standing in an emergency room answering questions you never expected to face. What...

Saving Advice · Nov 3

'I wasn't listened to': mothers detail birth trauma

"I felt like it was my fault": Women bare their souls to a health probe, detailing how a lack of compassionate care and ignored pleas led to birth trauma.

AAP · Nov 2

World’s largest early warning system for severe child illness to launch in NHS A&Es across England

Paediatric early warning system (Pews) uses a vital signs scoring system to assess whether a child is deteriorating

The Guardian - UK · Nov 2

'Asset-rich' Aussies could struggle to afford aged care

In-home aged care risks becoming less accessible, with most applicants for subsidised assistance already receiving social welfare to get by.

AAP · Nov 1

English children’s homes are in crisis. Does Denmark hold the answers?

UK children’s minister Josh MacAlister has travelled to Copenhagen to see what can be learned from Danish system

The Guardian - UK · Nov 1

The Sibling Who Became the Parent Is Never Allowed to Be Tired

There is a specific loneliness that belongs to the sibling who did not get to grieve first. They were too busy finding out which hospital released the death certificate, too busy calling the relatives who needed to be called in a particular order, too busy watching their younger brother cry…

Times Life · Nov 1

Americans Spend Nearly Twice As Much As Other Countries – So Why Are We Falling Behind In Healthcare

Someone born in the United States today has a life expectancy of 79 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That...

Saving Advice · Oct 31

‘Was I not enough?’: care worker barred from meeting home secretary

Nigerian care worker Kolade says he was left in tears after being excluded from talks with Shabana Mahmood over proposed changes to immigration system

The Guardian - UK · Oct 31