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BREAKING NEWS

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  NHS staff increasing time spent on mythbusting about dietary supplements

  Misinformation on social media has become so prevalent that mythbusting claims about dietary supplements is now a routine part of the work put in by NHS clinical staff. According to the World Cancer Research Fund, false data is putting patients’ health at risk, and increases their chance of getting cancer. The charity says its activities for the next three years are set to highlight the danger that misinformation brings.

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  FA and Alzheimer’s Society Extend Charity Partnership To 2028

  The Football Assocation says its charity partnership with Alzheimer’s Society is being extended by two years, making it seven years long. According to the FA, the collaboration has already raised more than £1.6m since it began in 2021. Charity leaders say the funds have enabled what they called “groundbreaking” dementia research, as well as widening public awareness of the support available to families affected by the condition.

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  Amber health alerts issued as forecasters warn of `humid and muggy´ heatwave

  Carers across southern and eastern England have been given a new amber heat health alert The warning is in place until next Tuesday. The UK Health Security Agency says “increased demand” is likely to be placed on health and social care services, and could result in a rise in deaths. The Met Office says the forecast increased humidity means the temperatures will feel more uncomfortable than in the last heatwave.

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  Patients given `immune reset´ treatment on NHS go into remission

  Patients given an “immune reset” treatment on the NHS have gone into remission in what’s being described as a “groundbreaking” discovery. For the first time in the UK, people with severe lupus have been treated with CAR T-cell therapy, which experts believe may also work for illnesses such as multiple sclerosis. The therapy which only needs to be given once, to genetically modify the body’s immune system, could revolutionise treatment and remove the need for lifelong medication.
  

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  Support for carers of people with mental illness in Jersey

  Carers supporting people with mental illness have accessed more than 300 sessions of emotional and practical support in the first six months of a new partnership in Jersey. The Listening Lounge has been working alongside Dementia Jersey, Focus on Mental Illness and Jersey Eating Disorders Support to deliver the Carer Support Service. Since November, the four organisations have run a range of groups,
  giving carers access to support including mental health first aid and Caring for Carers courses.

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  Former unpaid carer urged officials to "get their act together"

  A former unpaid carer has urged officials to “get their act together” after they continued to pay carer’s benefit for six months after the death of his husband, potentially landing him with debts of more than £1,300. Chris Farrell says he tried to get the Department for Work and Pensions to stop paying him the benefit of more than 86 pounds per week. Mr Farrell said his anxiety whether he’d be punished despite following the rules left him distressed and unable to move on with his life.

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  Plans dropped to scrap use of fostering panels

  The government has dropped plans to scrap the use of fostering panels for carer approval and first reviews. The Department for Education had put forward the idea on the grounds that there was sufficient other scrutiny of foster carers' applications and practice and because panels were regarded as "burdensome" by some carers. However, nine leading children's and fostering charities urged children's minister Josh MacAlister to reconsider, warning that removing panels for approval and first reviews would get rid of an "essential safeguard".

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  Improved support for carers in the North East & North Cumbria

  Organisations and professionals across the North East and North Cumbria are backing a new pledge to improve support for unpaid carers. The Commitment to Unpaid Carers is a pledge developed by unpaid carers and carer support organisations, aimed driving collective action across the health and social care system More than 100 professionals and organisations are expected to sign the Commitment, with early signatories including North East Mayor Kim McGuinness, North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care
  Board and the MPs David Smith and Ian Lavery.