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Review of unpaid carer debts announced after damning report
Posted onThousands of unpaid carers will have their cases reassessed after an official review found they had been left with huge debts caused by systemic failures. Former charity boss Liz Sayce found confusing guidance on Carer’s Allowance – given to those providing 35 hours of unpaid care a week – had left thousands with fines and…
Why my period made my gambling addiction worse
Posted onBBC Abbie Harvey says her urge to gamble was worse during parts of her menstrual cycle Abbie Harvey’s gambling addiction was so severe that she could not drive for 20 minutes without pulling over to bet – and felt the urge became worse just before and during her period. “To get over being emotional, I…
Hot weather: How to sleep in the heat
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Top doctor was terrified NHS might be overwhelmed during Covid
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Three NHS trusts still using fax machines, Streeting confesses
Posted onOne hundred and eighty years after the first fax machines started grinding out messages, three NHS trusts in England are still using the technology. Health Secretary Wes Streeting had made it his personal mission to banish the fax, pledging to Radio 5 Live in October 2024 that he would phase them out of the health…
