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• MPs urge Theresa May to apologise for ‘pain’ of forced adoption policy

  12-07-2018 18:29
  Debate highlighted former practice of forcing unmarried mothers to give away babiesMPs have urged the prime minister to apologise on behalf of the nation to women who were forced to hand over babies for adoption in the 1950s, 60s and 70s because of social disapproval of unmarried mothers.An estimated half a million babies were adopted in the years preceding legal reforms in the mid-1970s. Many women have since come forward to say they were coerced into handing over their babies by “moral w
  
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• Derbyshire care home staff celebrate Armed Forces Day with residents

  12-07-2018 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  A celebration to show appreciation of the work of the Armed Forces was held throughout Ashmere Derbyshire and featured a celebration of music, residents talking about their own personal experiences and staff dressing up to hold reminiscence sessions.
   
  It was held as part of Armed Forces Day, the annual national campaign that gives everyone the opportunity to show their support for the men and women of the Armed Forces past and present, including currently serving troops, service families,
  
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• Hornchurch homecare provider praised by Local Authority

  12-07-2018 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Hornchurch branch of Manorcourt Homecare, which provides personal care and support to people in their own homes across the area, has received extremely positive feedback from its Local Authority.  
  Part of the Healthcare Homes Group, the Hornchurch branch of Manorcourt Homecare was inspected by the London Borough of Havering Joint Commissioning Unit earlier this month in an unannounced visit.  
  Inspectors visited the team and reviewed a range of service areas including th
  
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• Improving lives with dementia therapy

  12-07-2018 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Pioneers of a therapy which slows the progress of dementia are disappointed that more community-based techniques have not been recommended in official guidelines.
  Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST), which aims to exercise different areas of the brain through a series of focused activities in a socially-engaging context, was the only non-drug treatment recommended to stimulate cognition, engagement and independence in new dementia care guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care E
  
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• New research could banish guilty feeling for consuming whole dairy products

  12-07-2018 00:27
  Enjoying full-fat milk, yogurt, cheese and butter is unlikely to send people to an early grave, according to new research.
  
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