Millions of people in the UK are experiencing long Covid distress. Much of the media coverage of this has been bleak and upsetting. That is understandable. Chronic illness is bleak and upsetting, particularly in the early stages of falling sick. But there is something else that no one tells you:..
Paloma Mari-Beffa, a senior lecturer in psychology at the University of Bangor says that most of us talk to ourselves, silently, all the time and by ‘all the time’ she means even when we sleep. Come to think of it, when one has paid attention to their resting thoughts they..
Hospitals are putting on extra surgery sessions in the evenings and at weekends to tackle the NHS’s spiraling waiting list and cut waiting times for patients. Health trusts in England are taking the unusual step after a rise in people waiting for cancer, heart, and other treatment and especially those..
UK sends life-saving medical equipment to India to help fight Covid-19. The support follows a request from India and PM pledge for the UK to do all it can. Ventilators and oxygen concentrator devices due to leave UK. First package due to arrive in Delhi early on 27th April 2021,..
The stock market seems to be waving about like a wounded animal, swerving from one factor driving performance to another value, growth, momentum etc. At the time of writing, the FTSE 100 is up around 7% all through the year-to-date. In dollar terms, it is up a little over 8%..
The world is changing at a very high rate, and so is the healthcare system in the U.K. The healthcare industry plays an important role in the physical health of people and in the whole economy. The U.K has healthcare professionals to enforce policies that will run the system effectively…
Access to comprehensive quality health care services is important for promoting and maintaining health, preventing and managing disease, reducing unnecessary disability and premature death and achieving health equity for all citizens. The health care system has three major components, which are; insurance coverage, health services and timeliness of care…
The department of health and social care, on 14th April, launched a five-week consultation on requiring staff working in care homes with older adult residents to have a covid vaccination to protect residents from the virus. Concern has arisen over the low number of citizens taking up the jab, which..
COVID-19 infections in adults of all ages fell by 65% after the first dose of AstraZeneca or Pfizer vaccine in UK research, which scientists said showed the real-world effect of the nation’s immunisation campaign against the pandemic. Essentially, the researchers conducted the research at a time when a new and..
NHS data shows that the percentage of over-50s vaccinated has hit 95%+ in England. The take-up among those aged between 45-49 is at 59% after they started being offered the jab earlier in the month of April 2021. But uptake among care home staff, one of the first groups to..