22 articles from SUNDAY 12.9.2021

Nearly 70,000 may die waiting for adult social care before Johnson plan kicks in

Exclusive: Labour says analysis exposes ‘gaping flaw’ in PM’s plan to resolve social care crisisNearly 70,000 people in England are likely to die waiting for access to adult social care before the changes revealed this week by Boris Johnson come into force, reveals analysis that Labour says “exposes a gaping flaw” in the plan.Criticism has continued to mount after the prime minister...

Sydney’s ‘haves and have-nots’: poor access to green space in LGAs of concern

The Covid-induced lockdown is amplifying disadvantage in areas already struggling from poor long-term health outcomesFollow our Covid live blog for the latest updatesNSW Covid vaccination rate by postcode – check your suburbNSW restrictions; border restrictionsVaccine rollout tracker; get our free news app; get our morning email briefingThe Sydney lockdown has exacerbated inequity in the areas...

Algebra: the maths working to solve the UK’s supply chain crisis

The calculations behind filling supermarket shelves are dizzyingly complex – but it all starts with the x and y you know from schoolNando’s put it succinctly on its Twitter feed last month: “The UK supply chain is having a bit of a mare right now.” Getting things on to supermarket shelves, through your letterbox or into a restaurant kitchen has certainly become problematic of late. It’s...

Post-illness symptoms like long Covid are probably more common than we think | Megan Hosey

Clinicians tend to pay less attention to how patients with severe illness do once they are out of mortal danger, or once symptoms extend beyond an arbitrary time frameIn recent months, long Covid has received a great deal of media and public attention. Research has found that as many as one in four of those infected with Covid – perhaps millions of people in the US alone – suffer from chronic...