It was said yesterday that youngsters as young as four contribute to unfavourable preconceptions and that older individuals suffer greatly from ageist views. Parliamentarians on the Women and Equalities Committee were informed that over half of those over 50 had experienced age discrimination in the previous year. Caroline Abrahams, the director of Age UK, usedContinue reading “Ageist Attitudes Among Children As Young As Four Are Contributing To Negative Stereotypes About The Elderly, MPs Are Told”
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Thousands Of Patients Will Spend Christmas In Hospitals Due To Junior Doctors’ Strike
Thousands of patients face being stuck in hospital over Christmas as junior doctors embark on the most disruptive walkout in NHS history. Junior medics will begin a three-day walkout from 7 am today and will return on Saturday before embarking on a mammoth six-day stoppage from January 3. Health leaders said the action, which hasContinue reading “Thousands Of Patients Will Spend Christmas In Hospitals Due To Junior Doctors’ Strike”
Nearly ALL Ticket Offices At Rail Stations Have Been Closed
Plans to close almost all of England’s remaining train station ticket offices were revealed by rail chiefs, amid concerns over the impact on the elderly and disabled. The Railway Group has unveiled proposals which could see most of the 1,000 offices being closed, with facilities only staying open at the busiest stations. The move willContinue reading “Nearly ALL Ticket Offices At Rail Stations Have Been Closed”
Don’t Make Elderly People Choose Between Heating And Eating
MPs have been asked not to make the elderly choose between heating and eating by suspending the pensions triple lock in a Commons vote. The mechanism ensures the state pension increases by inflation earnings or 2.5 per cent, whichever is highest, but the Chancellor wants to delay the earnings link for a year because lastContinue reading “Don’t Make Elderly People Choose Between Heating And Eating”
THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO 