Topic: Elder care
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Muslims often don’t trust palliative care. A new charity aims to change that
Al-Amal, founded by a doctor and a chaplain, is informed by the Muslim view of a good death — something they say is lacking in mainstream care
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Assisted dying could push disabled people like me into an impossible choice
Covid showed disabled people what the government thinks of us. How can we trust it to safeguard us if assisted suicide becomes legal?
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Muslims three times as likely to oppose assisted dying as non-Muslims
Exclusive poll of 4,500 people reveals 43% of Muslims and 19% of Christians in England and Wales are against terminally ill adults (end of life) bill
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‘We showed strength and resilience’: The first mosques to offer Covid vaccines
In early 2021, UK mosques began setting themselves up as vaccine centres for the first time, helping fight disinformation in their communities
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The NHS winter crisis shows why Labour needs to urgently reform social care
As a doctor in elderly medicine, I have seen patients wait weeks to be discharged — sometimes exacerbating their healthcare issues
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Assisted dying has MPs more reflective than ever. Here’s what they’re saying
Only one Muslim MP has publicly backed Kim Leadbeater’s bill, with six saying they oppose it. Privately, many in the Commons are conflicted
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We’ve not heard the last of Labour’s anti-austerity rebels
Dozens of Keir Starmer’s MPs abstained on a vote to scrap winter fuel payments for pensioners, exposing a rift in the party
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On the economy, Starmer has boxed himself in. That isn’t (just) the Tories’ fault
The prime minister is warning of hard times to come, but he can’t blame everything on his predecessors
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Some friendships last only a season, while others bloom with a lifetime of possibilities
As we age our lives naturally become littered with former friendships, but how should we process this loss?
