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• Long-term prognosis for some patients with severe brain injury better than expected, study finds

  20-07-2021 19:52
  New research adds to a body of evidence indicating decisions about withdrawing life-sustaining treatment for patients with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) should not be made in the early days following injury.
  
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• The Guardian view on Britain’s wealth divide: a gap becomes a chasm | Editorial

  20-07-2021 19:41
  
  Higher taxes on assets are needed if post-Covid challenges are to be metAs much of the nation focused with growing trepidation on “freedom day” last week, an eye-opening report on the unequal economics of Covid went slightly under the radar. Looking at a range of indicators, researchers from the Resolution Foundation thinktank did the maths on how 16 months of lockdown had affected households’ wealth. The stark conclusion was that the pandemic had “turbo-charged” th
  
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• UK Covid: 96 further coronavirus deaths recorded, highest daily total since March – as it happened

  20-07-2021 18:24
  
  Latest updates: highest daily total for almost four months as total number of deaths over past week is up 60.6% on previous weekBorder officials told not to make checks on green and amber list arrivalsMore than 1m school pupils in England absent last week due to CovidIsolate if ‘pinged’ by NHS app, says No 10, despite minister’s claimsKey questions about plans for domestic Covid passports in EnglandCoronavirus global updates – latest 5.24pm BSTRelated: Coronavirus live: O
  
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• UK Covid live: 96 further coronavirus deaths recorded, highest daily total since March

  20-07-2021 17:25
  
  Latest updates: highest daily total for almost four months as total number of deaths over past week is up 60.6% on previous weekMore than 1m school pupils in England absent last week due to CovidIsolate if ‘pinged’ by NHS app, says No 10, despite minister’s claimsKey questions about plans for domestic Covid passports in England‘The hospitals are near to not coping’: UK health workers speak outCoronavirus global updates – latest 4.21pm BST The UK has recored 96
  
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• Why raising national insurance is not the way to tackle Britain’s social care crisis | Torsten Bell

  20-07-2021 15:39
  
  Taxes will have to go up to address rising costs, but this plan unfairly targets young people and low earnersThe government intends to increase social care spending. It is 100% right to do so. It is apparently considering plans to raise national insurance (NI) to make that possible. It is 100% wrong to do so.Our social care system has been a national disgrace for years, leaving thousands without the care they need and many others facing financial ruin because of the misfortune of needing healthc
  
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• Tory plans to raise national insurance won’t tackle Britain’s social care crisis | Torsten Bell

  20-07-2021 15:39
  
  Taxes will have to go up to address rising costs, but this plan unfairly targets young people and low earnersThe government intends to increase social care spending. It is 100% right to do so. It is apparently considering plans to raise national insurance (NI) to make that possible. It is 100% wrong to do so.Our social care system has been a national disgrace for years, leaving thousands without the care they need and many others facing financial ruin because of the misfortune of needing healthc
  
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• Higher taxes look like only way to fix UK’s social care crisis

  20-07-2021 14:54
  
  Analysis: Boris Johnson has delayed his reform plans – but an increase in national insurance or another tax seems on the cards• Boris Johnson to delay social care plans until autumnThe reason governments of both left and right have taken so long to sort out Britain’s social care system comes down to one word: money.Ministers know that more cash will be needed to cope with the demands of an ageing population. They know that the current system is inadequate. They also know that a
  
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• Boris Johnson to delay social care reform plans until autumn

  20-07-2021 14:30
  
  Fresh delay comes as latest negotiations founder with the three key players self-isolatingBoris Johnson is delaying plans to fix the crumbling social care system until the autumn, after negotiations foundered with the three key players isolating.Negotiations have been taking place in recent days in the hope of getting agreement between Johnson, the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, and the health secretary, Sajid Javid, about how a cap on lifetime costs could be funded. Continue reading...
  
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• UK Covid live: More than 1 million pupils in England out of school last week for pandemic-related reasons

  20-07-2021 13:25
  
  Latest updates: Department for Education figures reveal more than 1 million children in England were out of class for Covid reasons last weekIsolate if ‘pinged’ by NHS app, says No 10, despite minister’s claimsCummings tells BBC Johnson denied Covid would overwhelm NHSVaccine certificates to be compulsory for crowded venues in England‘The hospitals are near to not coping’: UK health workers speak outCoronavirus global updates – latest 12.25pm BST Turning to va
  
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• UK Covid live: No 10 insists it is ‘crucial’ for people to isolate when pinged by app, despite minister’s claims

  20-07-2021 12:17
  
  Latest updates: Downing Street slaps down statement from business minister that people could ignore ping from NHS app to self isolateCummings tells BBC Johnson denied Covid would overwhelm NHSCovid vaccine certificates to be compulsory for crowded venues in EnglandCoronavirus global updates – latestSee all our coronavirus coverage 11.09am BST This is what some of the best economic commentators are saying about the proposal to fund social care reform through a national insurance rise. Gener
  
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• UK Covid live news: minister stresses people pinged by NHS app can choose not to isolate

  20-07-2021 11:27
  
  Latest updates: business minister says instruction to isolate from NHS test and trace is legal requirement, but ping from the app is just advisoryCummings tells BBC Johnson denied Covid would overwhelm NHSCovid vaccine certificates to be compulsory for crowded venues in EnglandCoronavirus global updates – latest See all our coronavirus coverage 10.27am BST Prof Sir Jonathan Montgomery, who chaired the ethics advisory board for NHSx on its contact tracing app, told Times Radio this morning
  
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• Good Oaks Home Care set to expand into the Midlands with three offices opening

  20-07-2021 11:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Good Oaks Home Care, a premium home care and live-in care franchise, is continuing its expansion as three new franchised offices recently opened.The three new offices will provide personalised home care in Worcester, Cheltenham and Derby.The Midlands will also be getting a first as Good Oaks Home Care is the UK’s only carbon-neutral franchising care company. The company is involved in tree planting initiatives in both the UK and the Amazon Rainforest. They have introduced the Good Oaks&rsq
  
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• A lottery lifeline for learning disability charity FitzRoy

  20-07-2021 11:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Learning disability charity FitzRoy has been awarded a much-needed grant of over £225,000 from the National Lottery Community Fund to continue to run its Love4Life friendship and dating project for people with learning disabilities and autism in Hampshire.
  Love4Life currently has 130 members who meet up, make friends, experience new activities, and even fall in love. While many of us take it for granted that we can socialise and make friends, there can be complex barriers for people with l
  
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