My handsome son Zak died because the health authorities and other institutions that were supposed to be caring for him, failed him miserably. A coroner has deemed the following: Healthcare failings in obtaining information so that a patient reveives their medication. Failings to provide patient discharge information relating to diagnosis, prescription and care plan details. Concerns relating to a lack of clarity over the meaning of the word "urgent" when a patient referral is made to the access and assessment team. Concerns that current healthcare guidelines, (in relation to patients that may be disengaging or non concorordant) are lacking and need perfecting. Zak's death was regarded as a Serious Incident by the trust that failed him. Zak was seen by a GP whilst under a trusts care, (6 weeks before he took his own life).The GP had serious concerns that Zak was paranoid, lacking capacity and dehydrated. Nothing was done and incredibly no notes seem to be available, to show if anything was done or what they did to help and support Zak. A different GP saw Zak again 18 days before he passed away. The GP made an urgent psychiatric referral but they did not have a clue about Zak's current medication or treatment plan because they had NO NOTES from the previous care provider. They had a legal duty of care to get Zak help and treatment. As it currently stands health authorities and other institutions where care is provided can say they have not got a patients notes or they cannot find them. There is a massive loophole in the current law which allows this to happen. The institutions and health authorities are allowed to say and I quote: " The notes may have been done or they may not have been done", as an excuse for not providing a patients notes. How can this be either morally or ethically right in 2022 when notes have been computerised to try to stop this from happening. How can they be allowed to get away with saying: " We do not have the notes, we had no access to that computer system or we cannot find the notes or they may have been done or they may not have been done". Please please stop this from happening any more. God forbid it happens to your loved one. Jo Farmer

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Since the start of government imposed austerity 12 years ago, the council has lost £110m of central government funding while demand for services has soared. Over ten years of pay freezes our workers have lost an average of £4-8000 a year in pay, while house prices and rents have soared. We need to keep our key workers and young families in the city for it to thrive, but we can’t do that if we can’t pay them properly. Across the country councils are struggling to retain workers - from social workers to care workers, teaching assistants and planners - thousands are leaving public service for better paid jobs in the private sector. This is a potential disaster for our councils and our services. Government needs to act now to avert a crisis, yet the autumn budget statement had nothing to offer local councils other than more stagnation and a greater council tax burden on already struggling residents. As millions in the country are bracing themselves to have to choose between heating and eating and mass poverty is becoming normalised, councils across the country are going to have to choose between jobs or services. As our residents face one of the toughest winters in living memory, they must not again be expected to pay for mistakes they did not make. They need to know their local councils are getting the support they need from government, not watch them be slowly starved of cash and resources while the government pursues policies that make the rich richer. It’s often the case that trade unions and employers disagree. It is also often the case that different political parties disagree. But these are extraordinary times, times where no-one in our city is free from the anxiety and pressures of the cost-of-living crisis. Times where it is essential that we focus on what unites us, and to work together to protect our vital public services and those that rely on them. Brighton and Hove UNISON, the Green Administration and Labour Councillors at Brighton & Hove City Council are coming together in solidarity with other local trade unions, organisations, charities and businesses, to demand that central government properly fund local public services and public service workers. We are united in the need for well-funded public services and united in the need for a workforce that is decently paid. Corinna Edwards-Colledge, Joint Branch Secretary, Brighton and Hove UNISON; Cllr Phelim Mac Cafferty, Leader, Brighton and Hove City Council and Green Group; Cllr John Allcock and Cllr Carmen Appich, Joint Leaders, Labour Group. Also supported by GMB Sussex Branch and Brighton & Hove NEU.

Right now the FIFA World Cup is taking place in Qatar. Before the tournament kicked off it was surrounded by controversy, but now the games are underway, controversy remains. Players have been banned from showing support for campaigns championing tolerance and diversity, and FIFA, despite campaigns from all over the world, have still refused to commit to a compensation scheme for migrants and migrant families who have been affected by the Qatar World Cup. Football Associations in the nations that make up the UK could have a huge influence on FIFA - if they chose to wield it. Far more than ordinary football fans do. FIFA needs radical change and electing Infantino to stand for another 4 years is not the way to do it. That’s why the Home Nations Football Associations along with Football Associations from around the world have to come together and demand urgent action and a complete overhaul of FIFA.

When permission was granted by the Welsh Government in 2005, the local community in Merthyr Tydfil, who had fought the proposal fiercely, were promised that mining would end after 15 years, on 6th September 2022 and that restoration of the land would be complete a few years later. Yet it’s reported that coal mining hasn’t stopped, ruining the long-awaited peace for the local community who can see and hear the coal mine from their homes. And now the mining company has applied to expand the coal mine by 9 months, and has said it will apply for a further 3 years of coal mining, (and who knows what beyond that...?). This will not only fuel climate change by nearly 6 million tonnes of CO2 and 16,000 tonnes of methane, but inflict further explosive blasting, noise and dust pollution on nearby residents. On top of this, the long-awaited restoration of the land, will be pushed back by years, with concerns that it will never happen. *********************** Pam mae hyn yn bwysig? Pan roddwyd caniatâd gan Lywodraeth Cymru yn 2005, cafodd y gymuned leol ym Merthyr Tudful, a oedd wedi brwydro’n ffyrnig yn erbyn y cynnig, addewid y byddai mwyngloddio’n dod i ben ar ôl 15 mlynedd, ar 6ed Medi 2022 ac y byddai’r gwaith o adfer y tir wedi’i gwblhau ychydig flynyddoedd yn ddiweddarach. Ond adroddir nad yw mwyngloddio glo wedi dod i ben, gan ddifetha’r heddwch hir-ddisgwyliedig i’r gymuned leol sy’n gallu gweld a chlywed y pwll glo o’u cartrefi. Ac yn awr mae'r cwmni mwyngloddio wedi gwneud cais i ehangu'r pwll glo am 9 mis, ac wedi dweud y bydd yn ceisio am 3 blynedd arall o gloddio am lo, (a phwy a ŵyr beth y tu hwnt i hynny...?). Bydd hyn nid yn unig yn hybu newid yn yr hinsawdd gan bron i 6 miliwn tunnell o CO2 a 16,000 tunnell o fethan, ond hefyd yn achosi dioddefaint i’r trigolion cyfagos trwy’r ffrwydradau pellach, llygredd sŵn a llwch. Ar ben hyn, bydd y gwaith adfer hir-ddisgwyliedig ar y tir yn cael ei wthio yn ôl gan flynyddoedd, gyda phryderon na fydd byth yn digwydd.

The more football fans, people from the LGBTQ+ community and LGBTQ+ allies who ask Harry Kane to wear the OneLove armband anyway, the more likely he is to listen. We need to act now. Kane didn't wear the arm band for the first game and we need to send a strong message so he'll listen in time for future games. Support this petition and show the FA, FIFA and Qatar that they cannot brush LGBTQ+ rights and other human rights abuses under the carpet.

Pets are so important to the mental health and well-being of elderly people. When they become poorly, therefore, it is so important to lessen their monetary burden involved to make the beloved pet better.

Rob burrow was diagnosed with MND in 2019, he was a healthy rugby player.

Teachers form the backbone to our education system. Without them, we would not be able to achieve success or live the lives we deserve.

There are lots of elderly people who need Post office services, its an important service for all

A family doctor, who knows your medical history, is vital to our health and well being and should be available for all of us. Our GP practices are under more pressure than ever before. There is a national shortage of GPs and central government is undermining and failing to support surgeries which are led by GP partners - instead they are encouraging the privatisation of GP surgeries leading to disastrous consequences for patient care. Companies such as Virgin, Boots and US company Operose are buying up GP practices when the GPs eventually give up due to underfunding. The private Companies may even get more funding than the GPs were given in some cases. Patients then find that they are unable to get appointments and the same level of care they received before. One practice in Kent, bought up in 2016, went from outstanding, when run by GPs, to inadequate in the 18 months after it was bought up by a private firm. Other GP surgeries have been highlighted on Panorama, showing how the private companies make more money by employing fewer GPs ( perhaps as little as 1 per practice) and making up the needs with less highly trained and much less well paid physician associates who need support, which they may or may not get, from a GP so they don't make mistakes with diagnosis or patient care. The government is encouraging a two tier system to develop. In the near future, if this trend is not reversed, only rich people with access to private health care will be able to get reliable health care when they need it. My own GPs have criticised the political decisions being made which are making it so difficult for the doctors - they say this started in the Thatcher years but every government since has contributed to the problem. One of them described it as "heartbreaking" because the poor will not be able to get adequate care and many may die unnecessarily. The service is at breaking point already. Almost all the appointments at my surgery are now telephone only and this can lead to mistakes being made. I would like to see these decisions reversed by the government and I call on the Health Secretary to take urgent action. It is completely inappropriate for private companies to be running GP surgeries for big profit while neglecting patient care. Central government should be adequately supporting GP led and run partnerships- they are the ones who know how to do the job properly and they are invested in the work. Big business just doesn't care. It's profits before people. If we all petition the Government on this issue, they have to take notice as privatisation of the NHS through the back door is an election loser. I want this to be debated in the House of Commons. This is a national issue which affects all of us.

To make a change and bring MND to the forefront and try to get a cure