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• Useful guidance on the future of work- Natalie Rogers, Chief People Officer at Unum UK

  07-05-2021 11:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Stress Awareness Month 2021 – Natalie Rogers, Chief People Officer, Unum UKAfter a year of remote working and periods of complete lockdown, staff and their managers are likely to have experienced stress or anxiety while trying to juggle home and work commitments. Indeed, the ONS reported of those who said their wellbeing has been affected by the coronavirus, around 6 in 10 (63%) said they felt stressed or anxious[1].However, now that social restrictions are beginning to relax and with a la
  
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• Why social care reform in England isn’t on the agenda for this Tory government | Polly Toynbee

  07-05-2021 09:00
  
  The new health bill has no dedicated plan to end the postcode lottery because there’s no political capital in doing soGunboats to Jersey on election day? Nothing better illuminates the Gilbert and Sullivan-esque style of our prime minister. But, despite stunts, these were local elections in England, where most services are – or aren’t – delivered.From bins to parks, potholes to police, for safe or squalid surroundings, most quality-of-life services are controlled locally,
  
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• Care home residents make the most of lockdown easing with outings and family get-togethers

  07-05-2021 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Residents of Balhousie Care Group are making the most of the easing of lockdown restrictions to take trips with loved ones and have family get-togethers.With last weekend’s change of rules around travel and socialising, the award-winning care home group trialled out-of-home visits between residents and their relatives.One of the first to enjoy the easing of restrictions was Jeannette Henderson, a resident at Balhousie Brookfield care home in Carnoustie, Angus which ran the pilot scheme. Je
  
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• Thin and brittle bones strongly linked to women's heart disease risk

  07-05-2021 00:33
  Thin and brittle bones are strongly linked to women's heart disease risk, with thinning of the lower (lumbar) spine, top of the thigh bone (femoral neck), and hip especially predictive of a heightened heart attack and stroke risk.
  
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• UK needs £102bn boost to NHS and social care, says major report

  07-05-2021 00:30
  
  Funding from higher taxes would cut avoidable deaths and improve equality after the Covid pandemicSpending on the NHS, social care and public health needs to rise by £102bn over the next decade, funded by big tax rises, to improve Britain’s health in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, an inquiry has said.The massive funding boost would cut avoidable deaths from cancer and heart disease, tackle glaring health inequalities and rebuild the NHS after Covid exposed weaknesses such as a
  
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• Reforming the NHS: key proposals by LSE-Lancet commission

  07-05-2021 00:30
  
  Report offers blueprint for high-quality health and social care services with £288bn budget by 2030The Covid-19 pandemic has revealed the best and worst in the NHS: protection has been offered to people in differing regions but poor integration between the service and social care has been evident, and so too the chronic underfunding of social care and low staff numbers, according to a report from the London School of Economics-Lancet commission.The commission, looking at the possible futur
  
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