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      <title>Archbishop calls for society wide shift in support for unpaid carers</title>
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      <title>Adult social care workers urged to share Covid stories</title>
      <description><![CDATA[This will help the inquiry to identify areas for improvement when it begins the public hearings on the care sector in the summer of 2025]]></description>
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      <title>Young Carers missing out on carer's allowance</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Carers Trust estimates nearly 20,000 young adult carers are being forced to choose between education and financial support]]></description>
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      <title>20% increase in those at risk from type 2 diabetes</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2024 11:11:58 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title> Black and ethnic minority people are underrepresented in virtual patient cohorts.</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Targeted research needed to understand the barriers to access.]]></description>
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      <title>NHS dental treatment has still not returned to pre-pandemic levels</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The British Dental Association (BDA) has said the next government need to take on board the huge knock-on effects the crisis in dentistry is having across the health service.]]></description>
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      <title>West Lothian Council workers could trigger a summer of strike action </title>
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      <title>Care UK in Portsmouth to remember the hundreds of thousands of those who took part in D-Day</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Along with the three forces’ charities and the Merchant Navy Association, more than 100 care homes will take part in the nationwide tribute. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2024 21:15:40 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>NHS and social care leaders could save £1 billion annually by adopting an AI-led home healthcare model</title>
      <description><![CDATA[ By reducing hospitalisations for older adults by 52-70%, this approach frees up over 1,210 hospital bed days monthly]]></description>
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      <title>Number of people with pre diabetes has risen by 11% in Norther Ireland.</title>
      <description><![CDATA[These new figures show nearly 200,000 people are living with, or at risk of diabetes.]]></description>
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      <title> Software to reduce hospital waiting times will be rolled out across Scotland over the next year</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The national theatre scheduling tool improved operating room efficiency by up to 25%]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2024 21:08:07 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Martha’s rule is going to be rolled out in 143 hospitals in England</title>
      <description><![CDATA[This has been called one of the most important changes to patient care in years,]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2024 21:06:27 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Carers in North Lanarkshire receive support payments</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Councillors have approved a new three-year strategy, with the report finding local carers receive support that is consistently better than the national average.]]></description>
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      <title>No money for carers to get free public transport in Suffolk</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The council's financial position is deemed too fragile to go ahead, because the permits would amount to an "unsustainable subsidy".]]></description>
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      <title> Carer's Allowance overpayments affecting five thousand people in Northern Ireland</title>
      <description><![CDATA[9 million pounds of overpayments have been referred to the Department for Communities Debt Management branch]]></description>
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      <title>Information about insect bites and stings surges ahead of this bank holiday weekend</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Professor says that while new drugs worked for the majority of people, preventing obesity in the first place was still the best plan]]></description>
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