Category Archives: health
More patients to be treated by NHS staff at home
NHS Confederation: Hospital-based care ‘must change’
The NHS in England must end the “hospital-or-bust” attitude to medical care, says the body representing health service trusts.
At least one in four patients would be better off being treated by NHS staff at home, figures suggest.
Campaign to make school toilets healthier and easier to use
Continence charity launches campaign as survey finds quarter of pupils ‘avoid school loos’
27 December, 2011 | By TJ Browne
A quarter of pupils in England’s schools avoid using toilets, according to a new survey by a charity which today launches a campaign to get the government to introduce new regulations to make school toilets healthier and easier to use.
More than one in ten patients who visits their GP is a carer
Just over one in ten patients who visits their GP is a carer. How many are on your practice list?
A carer is a person of any age, adult or child, who provides unpaid support to a partner, child, relative or friend who couldn’t manage to live independently or whose health or wellbeing would deteriorate without this help. This could be due to frailty, disability or serious health condition, mental ill health or substance misuse.
Being a carer comes at a physical and psychological cost
- Up to 40% of carers experience psychological distress or depression
- Carers have an increased rate of physical health problems e.g. providing high levels of care is associated with a 23% higher risk of stroke
- Older carers who report ‘strain’ have a 63% higher likelihood of death in a year period than non-carers or carers not reporting strain
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