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• Ministers mull national insurance rise to fund social care

  19-07-2021 22:10
  
  Boris Johnson refuses to recommit to Tory manifesto promise not to raise taxesMinisters are considering a national insurance rise – described as a social care and health levy – in order to overhaul the UK’s social care system, as Boris Johnson refused to recommit to the Tory manifesto promise not to raise taxes.The prime minister declined to reassert the pledge not to raise income tax or national insurance when asked about plans for tax hikes at the Downing Street press confere
  
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• Abelacimab effective blood clot treatment, study suggests

  19-07-2021 17:05
  A potentially game-changing treatment for people with, or at risk of, blood clots has been found effective by an international team of researchers.
  
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• Repairing hearts with deadly spider venom: Study

  19-07-2021 16:31
  A potentially life-saving treatment for heart attack victims has been discovered from a very unlikely source - the venom of one of the world's deadliest spiders. A drug candidate developed from a molecule found in the venom of the Fraser Island (K'gari) funnel web spider can prevent damage caused by a heart attack and extend the life of donor hearts used for organ transplants.
  
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• Solihull care home veterans swap military stories

  19-07-2021 11:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Different generations of veterans came together to discuss their time in the military during a special reminiscence session at Royal Star & Garter.Four staff members at the Solihull Home who have served in the Armed Forces chatted to residents and shared photos and stories of their time in service.The Home provides loving, compassionate care to veterans and their partners living with disability or dementia.Army veterans Alex Ferguson and Carmen Asemani, Navy veteran Kevin Dempsey and RAF vet
  
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• Government decides social care staff can continue to work, rather than isolate, in ‘exceptional circumstances’

  19-07-2021 09:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  From today, Monday 19 July, double vaccinated frontline NHS and social care staff in England who have been told to self-isolate will be permitted to attend work in exceptional circumstances and replaced by testing mitigations. This will include staff who have been contacted as a close contact of a case of COVID-19 by NHS Test and Trace, or advised to self-isolate by the NHS Covid-19 app.This measure is being introduced to alleviate pressure on NHS and social care services and will be contingent
  
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• Derbyshire youngsters battle pandemic loneliness by corresponding with residents at local care home

  19-07-2021 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Derbyshire youngsters have been battling loneliness caused by the pandemic by exchanging letters and emails with residents at a local care home.A group of students based at Victoria Park Leisure Centre in Ilkeston struck up correspondence with residents at the Canal Vue Care Home as part of a programme coordinated by the Prince’s Trust Team programme.The Prince’s Trust Team Programme is delivered in the area by WCG, which is the largest provider of programmes for the Trust in England
  
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