Elderly people turned away from care homes with spare beds because of staff shortages
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Elderly people turned away from care homes with spare beds because of staff shortages

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/07/24/elderly-people-turned-away-care-homes-spare-beds-staff-shortages/ By Olivia Rudgard, social affairs correspondent Elderly people are being turned away from care homes with spare beds because of staff shortages, analysis suggests. Research by analysts Laing Buisson found that the care home system was not as full as previously thought. Previous studies have warned that high levels of care home…

Women’s Alzheimer’s test needed as superior verbal skills mask onset of the disease
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Women’s Alzheimer’s test needed as superior verbal skills mask onset of the disease

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/07/23/womens-alzheimers-test-needed-superior-verbal-skills-masks-onset/ By Henry Bodkin An Alzheimer’s test specifically for women should be developed after a new study found superior female verbal skills disguise the onset of the disease, scientists have said. Research in the US revealed doctors are less likely to diagnose Alzheimer’s in women than in men. The imbalance means…

Ebola heroes to protest over migrants being denied NHS healthcare
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Ebola heroes to protest over migrants being denied NHS healthcare

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This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/23/ebola-heroes-to-protest-over-migrants-being-denied-nhs-healthcare By Denis Campbell Health policy editor Around 20 medical staff plan to hand back their decorations and deliver a letter to Downing Street British doctors, nurses and midwives hailed as heroes for tackling Ebola are handing back the medals they received from the government in protest at undocumented migrants being denied free NHS care….

Opioids: Why ‘dangerous’ drugs are still being used to treat pain
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Opioids: Why ‘dangerous’ drugs are still being used to treat pain

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This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-44797545 By Dr Katherine Sleeman & Prof Sir John Strang King’s College London The widespread use of opioids to treat pain frequently prompts concerns about addiction and even deaths. So, why are these sometimes dangerous drugs still being given to patients? Much stronger than many of the other options, opioids are among the…

Number of NHS beds for mental health patients slumps by 30%
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Number of NHS beds for mental health patients slumps by 30%

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This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jul/21/nhs-beds-number-mental-health-patients-falls By Toby Helm and Denis Campbell Bed shortages in parts of England are so severe that patients are sometimes sent hundreds of miles from home The number of hospital beds for people with acute mental health conditions, where a consultant psychiatrist is on hand to oversee treatment, has fallen by almost 30% since…