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The Guardian: UK needs 71,000 more care home places in eight years, study predicts. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIw26Sk9Dk https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/aug/15/uk-needs-71000-more-care-home-places-in-eight-years-study-predicts An extra 71,000 care home spaces are needed in the next eight years to cope with Britain’s soaring demand as people living longer face more health problems, a study has found. With countries suchContinue Reading

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Check out @NZHumanRights’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/NZHumanRights/status/891886689605500932?s=09 .@NZHerald editorial: Pressure grows for inquiry into abuse in state care https://t.co/JB9zHu2c3R pic.twitter.com/1Z8WWa7kzf — NZ Human Rights (@NZHumanRights) July 31, 2017 There have now been a series of reports detailing the abuse of New Zealanders while in the care of the state. All make forContinue Reading

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http://m.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11810075 Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy believes Kiwi kids who are Maori were more likely to be taken from their families and placed in state homes. The Human Rights Commissioner and other prominent New Zealanders have called on Prime Minister Bill English to agree to an inquiry into theContinue Reading