AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoWorkforce & youth jobs: OBA senator Victoria Cunningham says Bermuda’s Youth Employment Strategy isn’t matching outcomes, pointing to youth unemployment jumping from 2.4% to 9.3% in a year and median pay for young workers falling 20%, alongside rising classroom anxiety and mental-health strain. Health access: Allshores is funding DailyMale with $270,000 over three years to expand free community screening and preventive health outreach across the island. Hospital pressure relief: King Edward VII Memorial Hospital has launched a ten-bed discharge lounge to cut emergency department bed-boarding, as Bermuda continues work on an independent review of acute care operations. Public health & prevention: Bermuda’s 2026 Census begins data collection today, with the theme “Fill the Gap,” and officials say census data will shape planning for healthcare, housing, labour and social services. Global health watch: An experimental Eli Lilly obesity drug, retatrutide, is reported to drive weight loss up to about 30% in trial results, raising hopes for tougher obesity cases.
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