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fromIndependent
2 weeks ago

Dear Mary: I have become a carer for my wife who is ill and we are no longer intimate. Is it ever alright to pay for sex?

Caring for a partner with a long-term illness can be challenging, but maintaining positivity and support is essential for both individuals.
Health
fromIndependent
2 weeks ago

Dear Mary: I have become a carer for my wife who is ill and we are no longer intimate. Is it ever alright to pay for sex?

Caring for a partner with a long-term illness can be challenging, but maintaining positivity and support is essential for both individuals.
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
9 hours ago

Ontario proposes legislation to change medical residency requirements for international graduates | CBC News

Ontario is prioritizing medical residency positions for applicants with a connection to the province through new legislation.
Healthcare
fromLos Angeles Times
11 hours ago

California was warned of shocking hospice fraud. Inaction allowed problems to persist

California officials have failed to stop widespread hospice fraud despite promises of reform and ongoing investigations into the industry.
Social justice
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 day ago

Majority of carers don't receive dementia training when first looking after elderly

Over half of adult social care staff start without dementia training, raising concerns about care quality for vulnerable adults.
Public health
fromAxios
1 day ago

Finish Line: The quiet rise of "prescribing connection"

Social prescribing addresses health crises and broader issues like social isolation through diverse community programs and activities.
Medicine
fromThe Atlantic
2 days ago

How to Fix a Diagnosis Crisis

Diagnostic errors are common, affecting 5% of Americans annually, leading to significant disability and death.
fromwww.archdaily.com
2 days ago

Paramedical Training Institute and Parking Structure / VIB Architecture

The new Eure Paramedical Training Institute embodies an ambition to support demanding learning processes and intense work rhythms, essential for healthcare professions.
France news
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
4 days ago

When Trauma Awareness Stops at the Hospital Door

Chronic health conditions significantly impact psychological well-being, yet healthcare providers often neglect this aspect for both patients and themselves.
#healthcare
fromFortune
1 day ago
Healthcare

'The Pitt' reveals why healthcare desperately needs a new front door | Fortune

fromIndependent
1 day ago
Healthcare

Maire Treasa Ni Cheallaigh: Carroll MacNeill should cartwheel into hospital HR offices and ask about staff retention

fromIndependent
3 weeks ago
Healthcare

Companies with doctors as directors awarded thousands of euro to treat waiting-list patients without going to tender, HSE audit finds

Healthcare
fromFortune
1 day ago

'The Pitt' reveals why healthcare desperately needs a new front door | Fortune

HBO Max's The Pitt highlights real challenges in emergency departments, emphasizing the need for reimagined patient access to healthcare.
fromIndependent
1 day ago
Healthcare

Maire Treasa Ni Cheallaigh: Carroll MacNeill should cartwheel into hospital HR offices and ask about staff retention

Healthcare
fromForbes
2 weeks ago

How Independent Medical Practices Can Scale Through Systems Thinking

Independent medical practices struggle to grow due to structural challenges, not clinical outcomes, in a healthcare economy favoring larger organizations.
fromIndependent
3 weeks ago
Healthcare

Companies with doctors as directors awarded thousands of euro to treat waiting-list patients without going to tender, HSE audit finds

Medicine
fromFortune
1 day ago

Two physicians on ending the waiting-room era: bring care home | Fortune

In-home dialysis improves health outcomes for patients with chronic diseases, offering convenience and support through technology and virtual care.
#mental-health
fromwww.amny.com
4 days ago
Healthcare

AG demands reforms at NY-Presbyterian after investigation reveals mental health patients left without permission | amNewYork

Mental health
fromFast Company
4 days ago

Why the future of mental healthcare is team-based

Team-based care improves mental health treatment outcomes by integrating multidisciplinary teams to address complex conditions effectively.
Healthcare
fromwww.amny.com
4 days ago

AG demands reforms at NY-Presbyterian after investigation reveals mental health patients left without permission | amNewYork

NewYork-Presbyterian must reform mental healthcare protocols and pay a $500,000 penalty after failing to protect vulnerable patients.
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

Warning issued over precarious' state of long-term adult social care in England

The Independent provides critical journalism on pressing issues without paywalls, relying on donations to support its reporting efforts.
SF parents
fromIndependent
1 week ago

'The HSE take for granted that family members will care for disabled adults when we're gone' - ageing carers decry lack of supports

Parents of adult children with disabilities fear inadequate care options as they age.
UK politics
fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

Resident doctors 'want pay we think we're worth'

Resident doctors in England are striking for fair pay restoration, claiming significant pay reductions since 2008 and facing training post shortages.
US news
fromwww.npr.org
1 week ago

AI in the mental health care workforce is met with fear, pushback and enthusiasm

AI tools are increasingly adopted in mental health, raising concerns about job replacement and the quality of care.
fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

Getting Closer to the Bones

Coping with the death of a loved one is individual and, like anything else, exemplified by what works for you. Grief rituals can be practiced alone or with others, created uniquely by you or replicated over centuries.
Relationships
Healthcare
fromMedium
1 day ago

The trust gap in healthcare AI isn't about the AI

Trust in healthcare AI is established in the first 30 seconds of interaction, not through model improvements.
Medicine
fromPsychology Today
2 days ago

How Cognitive and Social Forces Shape Medical Decisions

Medical decisions are influenced by how options are framed, presented, and the dynamics of the situation.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

Is Separating Neurodevelopment and Mental Health Services Helpful?

Neurodevelopmental and mental health conditions overlap significantly, complicating service provision and funding support despite potential benefits of conceptual separation.
fromPsychology Today
4 days ago

How Community-Based Healthcare Builds Engagement

Most people leave doctor visits with prescriptions, but still feel unsure—instructions make sense, but no one asks about their life. In contrast, when a provider knows your name, remembers your story, and explains care in a way that fits you, the experience feels different—and that difference matters.
Healthcare
Healthcare
fromMedCity News
5 days ago

Inside The DOJ's Hospital Contracting Crackdown: What Message Are the Feds Sending? - MedCity News

The Department of Justice is suing OhioHealth and NewYork-Presbyterian for anticompetitive contracting practices that limit patient access to affordable care.
fromIndependent
2 weeks ago

Retired urologist faces tribunal over alleged patient care failures and failure to triage hundreds of GP referrals

Aidan O'Brien faces a series of allegations including that he failed to provide good clinical care to 10 patients between 2011 and 2019.
Medicine
Brooklyn
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

I help people with psychosis off the streets. Sometimes, their minds won't let them leave

Mental health chaplains work with homeless individuals experiencing serious mental illness, navigating the complex intersection of psychiatric symptoms, delusions, and housing instability while maintaining compassion and patience.
Healthcare
fromCity Limits
1 week ago

Opinion: Aging with Dignity Means Getting Managed Long-Term Care Right

Funding for Managed Long-Term Care is misaligned, favoring healthier populations and neglecting those with complex needs, jeopardizing the promise of aging in place.
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
4 weeks ago

Readers share agony of loved ones' deaths without assisted dying

Scotland's defeat of assisted dying legislation prompted readers to share personal accounts of terminal illness suffering, raising questions about dignity, choice, and moral consistency in end-of-life care.
Health
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago

I'm 66 and a doctor I'd never met before looked at my chart and said "do you have someone at home" and the way she asked it - clinical, not warm - made me realize the question wasn't about companionship, it was about whether anyone would notice if something happened to me between appointments, and I've been sitting with that distinction ever since - Silicon Canals

Social isolation in retirement creates invisibility where daily routines no longer intersect with others, risking being unnoticed for extended periods.
fromIndependent
1 month ago

'Horrifying' situation sees convicted sex offenders among criminals free to work as paramedics

Weak legal regulation of paramedics is being blamed for a "horrifying" situation where criminals, including at least eight known convicted sex offenders, are free to work as paramedics. A confidential report seen by the Irish Independent confirms the Health Minister was informed of the issue in September 2025, but did not respond until a second "urgent" letter was delivered on December 10, 2025.
UK politics
US news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

NHS orders hundreds of patients to be removed from crisis-hit hospital

NHS England orders removal of 287 patients from St Andrew's Healthcare's Northampton mental health hospital following investigations into abuse, neglect, and patient deaths.
Healthcare
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

NHS restructure is greatest danger to Streeting's effort to revive service

The NHS is showing signs of recovery under Labour, with improved statistics and public satisfaction, despite ongoing pressures in some hospitals.
Medicine
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Restraining and sedating dementia patients routine' in hospitals in England, study finds

Dementia patients in English hospitals routinely experience restraints and non-consensual sedation as embedded ward practices, with staff often unaware these constitute restrictive interventions.
Cancer
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

A space of their own': how cancer centres designed by top architects bring hope to patients

Maggie's Centres provide compassionate, architecturally designed spaces within hospitals where cancer patients can maintain joy and connection to life during treatment.
Healthcare
fromIndependent
3 weeks ago

How the business of looking after an ageing population is facing a crisis

Ireland's nursing home sector is approaching a crisis stage, according to Bojana Djordjevic.
Online learning
fromeLearning Industry
1 month ago

Teaching Clinicians Measurement-Based Care: Creating Effective Training Programs

Measurement-based care uses repeated standardized assessments to track patient progress objectively, enabling data-driven clinical decisions and treatment adjustments beyond subjective evaluation.
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Hospital of the Smart Health Care City / Michel Remon & Associes

From its first breath, it aspired to become more than a place: a world-class academic pole, a living ecosystem of knowledge, where learning, innovation, and an exemplary ecological lifestyle would grow side by side.
London
UK news
fromwww.standard.co.uk
1 month ago

Murder probe as patient dies following attack at mental health facility in east London

A 29-year-old patient died following an attack at an east London mental health facility, leading to a murder investigation and attempted murder charges against another patient.
Miscellaneous
fromIndependent
2 months ago

More than 3,800 rooms yet to meet standards in new Children's Hospital as deadline looms

Completion of €2.24bn Children's Hospital delayed 18 times over five years, with over 3,800 of 5,728 rooms failing contractual standards and April 30 completion looming.
London politics
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Stroke survivor calls free home care scheme 'transformational'

Tower Hamlets funds free in-home adult social care for eligible residents, supporting about 1,300 people at an estimated annual cost of £4.9m.
US politics
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

Hospital staff want ICE out of hospitals: It is a threat to public health'

Immigration agents have increasingly entered hospitals, obstructing medical care and deterring patients after the Trump administration ended protections for sensitive locations.
#long-term-care
fromwww.cbc.ca
2 months ago
Canada news

The fastest way to get into an Ontario LTC is by going a hospital first. That's a problem, say advocates | CBC News

fromwww.cbc.ca
2 months ago
Canada news

The fastest way to get into an Ontario LTC is by going a hospital first. That's a problem, say advocates | CBC News

fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

The Bureaucratization of the Therapist

Psychotherapy and counselling psychology, however, did not emerge from institutional logic. The field was forged within relational, psychoanalytic, and depth-oriented traditions that prioritize lived experience, symbolic meaning, cultural complexity, and human nuance over procedural standardization. Bureaucracy seeks predictability, yet psychotherapy was built upon a disciplined engagement with uncertainty.
Miscellaneous
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Struggling unpaid carers 'not aware' of support

And 29% of carers in the capital were in poverty in 2021-22, according to Carers UK - a higher proportion than 21% of Londoners in poverty. Some of this is due to unpaid carers not being aware of benefits they are entitled to, including the Carer's Allowance (CA), which can provide up to 83.30 a week, with others not considering themselves as carers at all.
London politics
Miscellaneous
fromIrish Independent
1 month ago

Government vows to push ahead with Rotunda critical-care wing despite planning block

Government plans to use the Critical Infrastructure Bill to override An Coimisiún Pleanála's heritage-based refusal and build a critical-care wing at the Rotunda maternity hospital.
#hospital-fire
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
2 months ago

Toronto hospital to double housing program that reduces ER visits | CBC News

Permanent supportive housing adjacent to medical services reduced frequent ED visits by 52% and hospital stay lengths by 79% among residents.
Mental health
fromBusiness Matters
2 months ago

What Capitol City Residential Health Care Learned from Preventable Crises

Prevention-first, operations-focused residential care stabilizes high-acuity individuals by detecting missed signals, using consistent staffing, frequent plan reviews, and measured, person-centred adjustments.
UK news
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Trust's maternity care 'exemplary', say inspectors

Maternity services improved to good with exemplary care; stroke treatment access improved; some A&E areas remain unsuitable with delays and paediatric understaffing.
Public health
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

A bleak midwinter as care continues in the corridors

East London hospitals face record emergency demand, producing repeated 'corridor care' with patients on trolleys, stressed staff, and a £35m bid for new facilities.
Medicine
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Everyone Deserves Trauma-Informed Healthcare

Trauma-informed care must extend beyond mental health to all medical settings, using principles of partnering, consent, and pacing to honor patient humanity and prevent retraumatization.
Healthcare
fromBusiness Matters
1 month ago

Building Better Systems: A Conversation with Healthcare Leader Daniel Tuffy

Daniel Tuffy is a healthcare leader who progressed from clinical physical therapy to executive roles, focusing on operational excellence, workforce engagement, and reducing provider burnout through trust-based leadership.
fromwww.cbc.ca
2 months ago

Ottawa revives bill to build digitally connected health data systems | CBC News

Health Canada says the country's health data system is "fragmented and siloed," and that incomplete health records can compromise patient care and safety.
Canada news
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

A Unique Chance for Long-Term Care

A Utah facility will provide long-term, tiered mental health and substance use treatment for people experiencing homelessness, replacing short-term "treat and street" approaches.
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 months ago

Long-term care advocates speak out on regulatory rollbacks

Industry lawsuits quickly blocked most of the regulation, with two federal courts ruling that Medicare exceeded its authority. Following the 2024 elections, Congress barred implementation of the standards before 2034. Last month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) repealed the rule entirely. Hunter called the move devastating with advocates saying it signals a retreat from oversight. It's clear (CMS) has no interest in ensuring adequate staffing, said Sam Brooks of the National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care.
Public health
Public health
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Molly never got to hear it': fury as denials finally end on Glasgow hospital infections

A contaminated water system at Glasgow's flagship hospital likely caused serious infections in 84 child cancer patients, contributing to deaths and avoidable harm.
#ai-in-healthcare
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

The Health Care Empathy Dilemma

Different empathy types affect caregivers differently: compassion empathy protects against burnout while contagion empathy increases burnout risk by merging others' emotions.
Public health
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Public to help shape plans for 'crumbling' hospital

St Mary's outpatient building will close after RAAC discovery and the Trust is seeking public feedback to shape a redevelopment masterplan.
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
2 months ago

RCEM urges government to prioritise long term solutions over 'quick wins - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

It concludes that there will be one additional death for every 69 patients who experience more than a four-hour wait in ED after the decision to admit has been made. This is consistent with previous studies. It's appalling in and of itself. Crucially, the study also demonstrated that for every four hours a person waited for a bed, their length of stay, once they got into that bed, increased by 8.6 hours.
Public health
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Parents of gravely ill child refused respite care

It is really, really hard. He said the family had 'cried and begged for help' in meetings at home. 'Does our family unit have to break down? Does it have to get to a point where we no longer sustain this and then they'll step in and give you support? Because right now that's where we're at. We don't have any alternatives. If grandparents were an option, we'd already be doing it.'
Public health
Healthcare
fromIndependent
2 months ago

More than 3,800 rooms yet to meet standards in new Children's Hospital as deadline looms

Construction of the €2.24bn Children's Hospital has been delayed 18 times in five years, with the majority of rooms still failing to meet contractual standards.
Healthcare
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

The Guardian view on protecting NHS staff: ministers must take a lead in reducing attacks on the health workforce | Editorial

Violence against NHS staff in England has risen sharply to an average of 285 reported attacks per day in 2024-25, constituting an emergency.
Healthcare
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

The Power of Feeling Seen: Supporting Patients After Discharge

Post-hospital transitions often leave patients anxious and unsupported, increasing readmission risk; regular follow-ups via phone, telehealth, or AI improve adherence and confidence.
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