Steven Morris for The Guardian 20/01/2016, gives us a viewpoint from Steve Hulks a community paramedic practitioner in Kent, whose job is about advising, reassuring – and easing pressure on A&E You do get a...
Britain urgently needs a new political consensus on paying for elderly and social care, and the funding debate should consider the value of pensions and homes, the boss of the NHS has said. Denis Campbell...
A series of crucial targets were missed in November including waiting time for urgent cancer treatment and ambulances Denis Campbell and Haroon Siddique writing for The Guardian (14/01/2016): Growing numbers of patients are waiting longer than...
New proposed guidelines on alcohol have been drawn up by the Chief Medical Officers of the UK The expert group that produced the guidelines looked at the body of new evidence about the potential harms...
Lots of people think depression only affects adults. But children and teenagers can become depressed as well. According to figures from the Office of National Statistics, 10% of children in Great Britain aged between 5 and 16...
Kathryn Snowdon writing in The Huffington Post 31/12/2015 – Mental health is the largest area of concern within the NHS, with lengthy waiting times and a lack of understanding from GPs in need of the most improvement,...
Charlie Cooper for The Independent – A DWP study finds almost 80% affected by the Bedroom Tax run out of money by the end of the week. The Study also reveals almost half have cut back...
Stephanie Linning for the MailOnline 17th Dec 2015: Pensioners who trip and fall at home will be charged £26 by their local council to come and pick them back up again The proposal by Tendring District...
Care chiefs’ message to Osborne: we fear a wave of homes closing down John Bingham writing in The Telegraph: Health and social care chiefs are demanding a crisis meeting with George Osborne and Jeremy Hunt to...
Govconnect is a social enterprise dedicated to assisting the wide range of organisations challenged with delivering the NHS 5 year forward view strategy and all other associated healthcare policy. Dementia 2020 – 12th April 2016 –...
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