France has banned alcohol at some events during its annual Fête de la Musique celebrations due to a severe heatwave. With temperatures reaching up to 41C and a third of the country under red alert, the government aims to protect public health and emergency services.
A Royal College of Nursing report reveals a "crisis" in UK learning disability nursing, with numbers falling by a third since 2009. This leaves 1.5 million people with learning disabilities without adequate care, impacting their legal right to equitable health services.
The Supreme Court recognized homemakers as 'nation builders', ruling that the loss of their domestic care services should be a separate compensation head in motor accident claims, with a notional monthly income of Rs 30,000.
The Middle East conflict is impacting Indian households through increased prices of everyday items due to rising crude oil costs, currency fluctuations, and disrupted supply chains.
Children in Gaza, like Yasser, are suffering from severe, unexplained skin diseases and infections due to malnutrition, overcrowding, and lack of hygiene. Medical teams report alarming rates of ectoparasitic infections, with over 62% of cases in children, highlighting a collapsing healthcare system and severe aid restrictions.
Hong Kong authorities plan to lease out government-built day care facilities for the elderly to the private sector under a pilot programme aimed at providing more diverse services targeting older middle-class residents. Labour and Welfare Bureau officials said in a Legislative Council panel meeting on Monday that the government would introduce the “publicly built, privately run” model to provide “more diverse and higher quality” elderly care services. Under the plan, the government will invite...
Hong Kong authorities will experiment leasing government-built elderly care facilities to the private sector, with the pilot programme aiming to provide more diverse services targeting middle-class senior residents. Labour and Welfare Bureau officials said in a Legislative Council panel meeting on Monday that the government would roll out a “publicly built, privately run” model to provide “more diverse and higher quality” elderly care services. Under the proposal, the government will invite...
Hong Kong authorities will experiment leasing government-built elderly care facilities to the private sector, with the pilot programme aiming to provide more diverse services targeting middle class senior residents. Labour and Welfare Bureau officials said in a Legislative Council panel meeting on Monday that the government would roll out a “publicly built, privately run” model to provide “more diverse and higher quality” elderly care services. Under the proposal, the government will invite...
Authorities will negotiate with operators of popular care homes in Guangdong province to secure more places for elderly Hongkongers to meet rising demand, the welfare minister has said, amid a ninefold surge in city residents moving into such facilities across the border in recent years. Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun Yuk-han said in an interview with the South China Morning Post that the number of elderly Hong Kong residents living in care homes under the Residential Care Services...
