Inactive Lifestyles Costs UK Health Service £1 billion Per Year
Physical inactivity costs the UK health service in excess of £1 billion every year, suggests research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
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Law Preventing Begging Struck Down
The law preventing begging has been struck down by the High Court. A young Dublin man charged with begging on Parliament Street in the city more than three years ago challenged Section 3 of the nineteenth century Vagrancy Act.
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More Care Needed Over Handling Of Elderly’s Possessions
A high-level council report into the care of the elderly and their possessions has admitted ‘weaknesses’ in the system – but claims the overall procedures are sound, and stops short of calling in police.
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Headache For Health Service
When NHS staff surveys were introduced by Susan Deacon, the then Health Minister, the idea was as a temperature check on the NHS that would identify any issues which deterred people from joining and remaining with the service.
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Ferns Diocese Facing Cash Crisis Due To Abuse Payouts
The Diocese of Ferns is reportedly facing a cash crisis as a result of sexual abuse compensation claims. Reports this morning say the diocese has already agreed settlements worth €4.7m with 30 victims and could eventually face a final bill of around €10m.
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Social Worker And Mental Health Patient Found Dead
A social worker and a mental health patient were found tied up and stabbed to death in a flat yesterday. Cops discovered the bloody scene when local authority officials reported the social worker missing.
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Bullying And Low Morale Are ‘Rife In The NHS’
NHS staff have reported low morale and bullying are widespread in the service despite record levels of investment. A snapshot of opinion among the Scottish workforce revealed the majority do not feel involved in decisions that affect them and would not recommend the NHS as an employer.
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Women’s Fears Over Mixed Hospital Wards
Thousands of patients in Ulster hospitals face the “acute embarrassment and discomfort” of being treated on mixed sex wards. Labour ministers were last night accused of failing to deliver a flagship health pledge in Ulster, after new figures revealed there are 231 mixed sex wards in the province’s hospitals.
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Problem Families Moved Into ‘Special Homes’
Eighteen of Burnley’s most anti-social families are to be given intensive help in a bid to stop them causing misery in communities in the area. The Family Intervention Programme, which makes up part of the Home Office-funded Respect scheme, works with families on the verge of being made homeless because of their behaviour.
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Research Urged As Cases Of Diabetes In Children Surge 500% In 20 Years
The number of young children in Britain being diagnosed with the most serious form of diabetes has increased five-fold in two decades, prompting calls for urgent research to identify the cause.
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