Groups Vow To Win Cash Help For Disabled
Organisations representing disabled people have vowed to campaign for more funding from the Scottish Executive for independent living support.
Read MoreOrganisations representing disabled people have vowed to campaign for more funding from the Scottish Executive for independent living support.
Read MoreA radical change in culture and practice is needed to achieve dignified care for older people, says an editorial in this week’s BMJ. The welfare of older people who live in care homes has raised concern for decades in many countries, write Marion McMurdo and Miles Witham at the University of Dundee.
Read MoreThere has been a call for an improvement in the care of people in Northern Ireland who have asthma. An average of three people die every month as a result of an asthma attack. Thousands more are admitted to hospital every year.
Read MoreIrish abortion laws will be tested in the High Court today as a 17-year-old girl challenges the HSE for preventing her from travelling to Britain for a termination.
Read MoreToday is make-or-break day for the latest talks aimed at resolving the nurses’ dispute over pay and working hours. The Irish Nurses Organisation and the Psychiatric Nurses Association are vowing to escalate their industrial action by the end of the week if no meaningful proposals are put forward by the HSE this afternoon.
Read MoreNearly a fifth of nursery places in Wales are vacant as parents juggle their working hours to look after their children themselves. Thousands of positions for pre-school childcare remain unused as women take advantage of an increasing willingness among employers to offer family-friendly flexible working hours.
Read MoreOne of the active chemicals in cannabis inhibits psychotic symptoms in people with schizophrenia, according to a study which compared it with a leading anti-psychotic drug.
Read MoreTony Blair has admitted his NHS reforms have been “really tough” for staff but said waiting list cuts, new hospitals and more staff were a sign of success.
Read MoreToo few seriously ill children are receiving palliative care in their final weeks, a study suggests. A team from Great Ormond Street Hospital found the number dying in intensive care has increased over the last decade.
{mosimage}The Journal of Medical Ethics study suggests guidance on managing symptoms, rather than being given invasive care, is not being followed enough. But experts said intensive care could be the right kind of assistance.
In 1997, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health published guidance on when it might be recommended that active treatment or life support could be withdrawn, meaning children could be cared for on a general ward or at home
The researchers wanted to see how often this was put into practice. They analysed data on deaths in the hospital of children aged up to 18 from 1997 to 2004. During the seven years, 1,127 children died, over half of whom (58%) were younger than 12 months.
Read MoreLocal councils are to carry out their own census-style checks on immigrant numbers because of glaring underestimates in official figures. The councils, particularly in the South East, say that they do not get enough central government help with local services because the Office for National Statistics (ONS) is incapable of providing correct numbers.
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