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Nationwide dementia screening to tackle ‘crisis’ among elderly
The first nationwide NHS screening programme to identify dementia patients earlier is to be launched to battle Britain’s “crisis” among the elderly.
7:30AM BST 26 Mar 2012
Andrew Lansley, the Health Secretary, said there was a “moral imperative” to diagnose sufferers earlier so they could receive better treatment.
The announcement comes as David Cameron warns today that the dementia crisis facing the country is on a par with high rates of HIV and cancer in previous decades.
NICE starts new wave of quality standards
NICE has been given 123 new quality standards to work on, and includes for the first time new standards for public health.
Published on 22/03/12 at 02:18pm
The latest set of quality standards cover a wide range of topics, including heart failure, irritable bowel syndrome, skin cancer, and obesity in adults.
NICE will also develop public health quality standards in areas that relate to the NHS, the first time it has ever been asked to do this.
The public health topics cover standards for smoking cessation, encouraging physical activity in all people in contact with the NHS, and for preventing and managing alcohol misuse.
Terminally-ill north Norfolk woman weds partner at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
A terminally-ill woman from north Norfolk has fulfilled a life-long dream of getting married, despite being given only weeks to live.
By DONNA-LOUISE BISHOP
Thursday, March 15, 2012
9:37 PM
Cancer sufferer Heather Cutting, 48, and her partner Trevor Collings, 47, tied the knot at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital today, in front of 40 of their closest family and friends.
The couple, who met 11 years ago when Mr Collings parked outside her previous home in Gimmingham, moved to Chapel Road at Roughton eight years ago after finding their “dream bungalow”.
They had almost finished renovating their home when she became ill on New Year’s Eve last year.
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