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Angela Rippon: We need to end the dementia crisis now
HOSPITALS must be made more dementia-friendly if the NHS is going to cope with a surge in sufferers, TV’s Angela Rippon said yesterday.
Even some of the most modern hospitals are wholly unsuitable environments for people affected by this condition
The older people’s champion and dementia ambassador campaigns to improve the lives of patients, their families and carers.
The preventative care revolution depends on closing the digital divide
There’s a clear consenus over maintaining the great national treasure that is the NHS and preserving its ethos of providing care free at the point of delivery. But demand for health services is rising fast as society changes, so how on earth do we afford it?
It’s crucial that the NHS makes the best possible use of the funds available. Preventive care is key objective: by encouraging people to take care of their own health, pre-empting and preventing illness before it happens, the NHS can ensure its limited resources are directed towards those who need them most.
Can technology help with a preventive care revolution in healthcare? Many of us now have constant internet access and can find health information easily. I see it every day: patients use wristwatches, GPS devices and apps to track steps, heart rate, calories burned and other personal statistics.
NHS Direct to receive additional funding to extend 0845 service as NHS plans for winter pressures
£15m has been allocated to support NHS 111 through the winter period
NHS England will fund an extension of NHS Direct’s 0845 number – despite the service being decomissioned from February – under NHS England’s plans to reduce the winter pressures on the health service.
