60 h. ago Police ‘joked about using full can of pepper spray’ on disabled 92

In a clip, one of officer said: “Oh my God, is there any left in your can?”

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3 d. ago Man, 92, vowed to murder care home staff before being tasered, trial hears

A care home boss said 92-year-old Donald Burgess looked ‘possessed’ before the alleged assault by police officers,

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1 week ago New NHS Lanarkshire Chief Executive praises staff after first week in post

Louise Long spent time visiting frontline health and care services and meeting with the staff delivering those services in both primary and secondary care settings.

Politics

1 week ago English test among range of Labour measures to control immigration

Keir Starmer says system ‘will be tightened up’ in all areas, following sharp rise in support for Reform UK in electionsLabour’s immigration shake-up challenges decades of party policyAdults accompanying foreign workers to the UK will be expected to pass an English language test and care homes will be prevented from recruiting staff from abroad as part of a swathe of new measures to be revealed by Keir Starmer to “tighten up” the immigration system.Amid a recent surge in support for Reform UK, the prime minister will say on Monday that overseas arrivals should commit “to learning our language” and will promise to overhaul a “broken system” that encourages businesses to “bring in lower-paid workers”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Vulnerable pensioner, 85, was sent to failing care home where staff 'struggled to grasp English'

Bernard Lyon's family weren't aware of the problems at the care home. He later died in hospital from a lung infection

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1 week ago Care homes face ban on recruiting workers from abroad in huge visa crackdown

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said the Government will close the care worker visa route to end the reliance on overseas staff in a crackdown on immigration unveiled on Monday

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2 w. ago Hamilton couple who experienced joy and heartbreak over twins' birth pay tribute to Wishaw neonatal staff's care

Amy Brown and Josh Whyte, who tragically lost son Freddie just hours after he and sister Marnie were born, raised £3000 to buy a cold cot for unit, with the support of baby loss charity Abigail’s Footsteps.

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2 w. ago Compassionate Ayrshire nurse given top award for going over and above

Presented twice a year, the award celebrates staff who demonstrate exceptional compassionate care.

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2 w. ago Hospitals in England reducing staff and services as part of NHS ‘financial reset’

Trusts having to ‘think the previously unthinkable’ to make savings demanded by new NHS England bossHospitals in England are cutting staff, closing services and planning to ration care in order to make “eye-watering” savings demanded by NHS bosses.Rehabilitation centres face being shut, talking therapies services cut and beds for end-of-life care reduced as part of efforts by England’s 215 NHS trusts to comply with a “financial reset”.47% were cutting services and another 43% were considering doing so.37% were cutting clinical posts and a further 40% may follow suit.26% were closing some services and 55% more may do so. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Britain’s care system is collapsing – immigration rules are making it worse

Editorial: Restricting the flow of overseas care workers might please the anti-immigration brigade – but it risks leaving Britain’s most vulnerable without support

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2 w. ago Care homes under threat as family visa crackdown blocks 100,000 workers

Exclusive: Government policy on migration which prevents care workers bringing children and spouses to the UK is stopping the flow of staff needed to care for NHS patients

Society

3 w. ago Did a police officer's Taser pose a threat against him? Murder trial centers on weapon

A Michigan jury is considering whether a former police officer was justified in fatally shooting a Black man who had taken the officer's Taser and was facedown in a struggle

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3 w. ago Brexit led to 1,500 deaths a year as EU nurses left UK, study finds

Quality of care dropped as staff were replaced with less experienced nurses, researchers at the University of Surrey say

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