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• ‘It all hinges on wellbeing’: UK school nurses’ crucial, underfunded role

  02-05-2023 18:00
  
  Annie O’Neill, who visits 33 schools a term, has noticed a huge rise in problems such as eating disordersCalls for 11,000 more school nurses in UKAnnie O’Neill has just finished delivering a session in which she has taught year 13 students to manage their anxious “glitter mind” with breathing exercises, CBT techniques and mindfulness. When the school nurse finishes, one of the students shyly shuffles up. After a long pause, she says: “I have a lot of pressure on me.
  
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• Australia’s aged care providers accused of playing down incidents of ‘unreasonable force’

  02-05-2023 02:00
  
  More than 7,000 such cases reported over quarter, the most in two years, and nearly one out of 10 involved staffGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAged care providers have reported the highest number of instances of “unreasonable force” in a quarter since records began two years ago, with the sector facing accusations that they have downplayed the harm caused.Providers reported 7,663 instances of “unreasonable force” in the last three
  
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