Jeremy Hunt: compassionate carers and families key to tackling dementia
A new diagnosis of dementia takes place every four seconds making it now more feared than cancer by families up and down the country.
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Hospitals send dementia patients to homes without food or heating
Dementia sufferers are being sent from hospital to homes without heating or food, a health watchdog has warned as it announces the first national inquiry into the way patients are discharged from wards.
Calls to develop new antibiotics
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) said the prospect of creating new drugs was “low due to the poor return on investment they provide”.
Health department says new care fund is on track
The Department of Health has insisted plans for a fund to deliver more care in the community are on track, despite reports that a confidential Cabinet Office review had questioned its viability, delaying its implementation.
Its no secret: Pizza Express hits back at media claims over use of halal meat
Restaurant chain Pizza Express has hit out at The Sun after its front page claimed the company had been misleading customers by secretly using halal meat.
One in four deaths could be avoided
Deaths that could be avoided through better healthcare and heather lifestyles remain too high, it has been warned, as official figures show more than 100,000 people are dying needlessly each year.
Carers must be tested to make sure they speak English to prevent abuse in people’s homes, says No.10 adviser
Dr Shereen Hussein warned that language barriers could lead to poor care, with migrants working as carers also at risk from abuse from patients.
NHS now pays record £10billion a year to treat diabetes
One in seven hospital beds is occupied by someone with diabetes.
Youngster has life-threatening reaction to his own hair every day
Schoolboy Junior Rucroft stares death in the face every day because he is allergic to himself.
Loneliness ‘on the rise among elderly’
The Age UK poll of 2,000 over-65s found 10% described themselves as often or always lonely – a rise from 7% a year ago.