Category Archives: Carers

Amendment to the Welfare Reform Bill

Concessions offered over disability benefit changes

 Disability Living Allowance is paid to 3.2 million people

Ministers are set to make concessions over controversial proposed changes to disability benefits.

The government is backing an amendment to the Welfare Reform Bill halving the time seriously ill or disabled people will have to wait to be eligible for Personal Independence Payments (PIPs).

New UEA diabetes study into women’s diet and heart disease hailed as a ‘significant’ success

New UEA diabetes study into women’s diet and heart disease hailed as a ‘significant’ success

By RICHARD WOOD Monday, January 16, 2012
12:01 AM

A PIONEERING new study has shown that eating more flavonoids can potentially reduce the risk of heart disease for women with diabetes.

Lloyds pharmacy’s healthcare will offer ‘intelligent medicines’

 

Pharmacy to offer ‘intelligent medicines’

By Andrew Jack

One of Britain’s leading high street pharmacy chains is to offer customers “intelligent medicines” that will allow them to better follow doctors’ orders and monitor their health.