Tag Archives: carers
NHS priorities may provide benefit for people with MS
The MS Trust welcomes the fact that the Framework focuses on several issues that could potentially benefit people with MS
02 December 2011
Author: MS Trust
The Department of Health has published its new NHS Operating Framework outlining performance targets and financial requirements in England for the year from April 2012. The MS Trust welcomes the fact that the Framework focuses on several issues that could potentially benefit people with MS
Parents who are carers should be included in a ‘Care Plan’
Mental health trust reforms legacy of artist’s suicide
8:00am Saturday 3rd December 2011 in News
A promising artist’s suicide has sparked a host of recommendations at a mental health trust nearly a year after his death.
Talented Philip Weeks was known by his friends and family as a loving, caring and charming young man who was always smiling.
He was diagnosed with rapid-cycling bipolar disorder in May 2010 and experienced severe mood swings and suicidal tendencies before he suffocated himself on December 7.
Men should be aware of how much time they spend working on a laptop
WiFi from laptops ‘may damage sperm’
“Working on a laptop wirelessly may hamper a man’s chances of fatherhood,” the Daily Mail has today reported. Its story is based on a laboratory study that found that healthy sperm placed under a laptop connected to the wireless internet for four hours, showed less movement and more changes to their genetic code than ‘control’ sperm not near a wi-fi connected laptop.
