by Agency Reporter | Aug 29, 2024 | Briefing
RULES which prevent migrant health and care workers accessing vital benefits for at least five years are causing severe hardship and, in some cases, leaving people going without food, a new Royal College of Nursing (RCN) report reveals. The impact of the rules has...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 28, 2024 | Briefing
AS the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games begin, it has been announced that Para athletics sprinter Guillaume Junior Atangana will be the Refugee Paralympic Team’s flagbearer at today’s Opening Ceremony. Representing more than 120 million forcibly displaced people worldwide,...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 28, 2024 | Briefing
THE adoption of new transitional justice legislation in Nepal marks an important step in the nation’s long journey towards accountability and reconciliation, says UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk. “Eighteen years since the end of the decade-long conflict, and after...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 27, 2024 | Briefing
NEW figures obtained by the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) reveal that 12,000 firefighter posts have been lost to cuts since 2010, leaving the UK without the resilience needed to guarantee public safety. One in five firefighter jobs (21 per cent) across the UK have been...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 27, 2024 | Briefing
MEN in England are facing “a silent health crisis”, dying nearly four years earlier than women, while suffering disproportionately higher rates of cancers, heart disease and type 2 diabetes, according to a new report by the Local Government Association (LGA). The...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 26, 2024 | Briefing
A FIFTH of patients in some areas of the North of England have Long Covid, according to a study which includes University of Manchester researchers. Navigating the Long Haul: Understanding Long Covid in Northern England, published by Health Equity North, reveals the...
