This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2017/sep/17/the-miracle-pill-how-cycling-could-save-the-nhs By: Peter Walker Cycling can make people healthy and live longer, and cut public health costs, so why can’t it be prescribed to the nation? Imagine if a team of scientists devised a drug which massively reduced people’s chances of developing cancer or heart disease, cutting their overall likelihood of dying…
This article was taken from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-41256219 Deaths from Alzheimer’s Disease in Scotland rose by more than a third in a year, according to official figures. National Records of Scotland (NRS) said 1,506 people died from all forms of dementia in the second quarter of 2017. Alzheimer’s deaths rose 33.4% compared with the same period a year…
This article was taken from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41274088 By: Nick TriggleHealth correspondent Unions representing nurses and other NHS staff have written to the chancellor to demand a 3.9% pay rise and an extra £800 to make up for the “cut” they have seen in recent years. Fourteen unions have joined together to ask for the increase, saying pay…
This article was taken from:https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/sep/13/device-that-helps-obese-diabetics-lose-weight-should-be-rolled-out-across-nhs-endobarrier By: Press Association Plastic sleeve that helped patients with type 2 diabetes lose more than two stone on average is less risky and invasive than gastric bypass surgery, study shows A device that helps obese people with type 2 diabetes shed more than two stone on average should be rolled out…
After 20 years in the profession things have never been this bad – no wonder the NHS is haemorrhaging staff How would you feel if you went to work, and your first task was to sit with a dying patient and make sure that their death was dignified? Then you laid them out and comforted…