Health News

[Bada-Bing!]

Diabetes patients to be offered artificial-pancreas technology

The rollout of new devices for thousands in England with type 1 diabetes is hailed as a landmark moment.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Which Tyler]

Drug shortages, now normal in UK, made worse by Brexit, report warns

Some shortages are so serious they are imperilling the health and even lives of patients with serious illnesses, pharmacy bosses say

www.theguardian.com

 

[Which Tyler]

Sunak to cite Britain’s ‘sicknote culture’ in bid to overhaul fit note system

Prime minister to express concern about ‘over-medicalising’ normal worries with diagnoses as mental health conditions

www.theguardian.com

Get back to work peasants!

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Sunak to cite Britain’s ‘sicknote culture’ in bid to overhaul fit note system

Prime minister to express concern about ‘over-medicalising’ normal worries with diagnoses as mental health conditions

www.theguardian.com

Get back to work peasants!

I am not working atm but looking. Not claiming benefits either. What Rishi isn’t understanding that it’s not just long term sick that are economically inactive - a lot of people hate working and the rat race. All Rishi and Conservatives are thinking of is tax revenue they are missing out on.

 

[Which Tyler]

FFS

Help for disabled people in England and Wales to get jobs is axed amid benefits crackdown

Closure of Work and Health Programme comes hard on heels of Rishi Sunak’s bid to end the UK’s supposed ‘sicknote’ culture

www.theguardian.com

So "get back to work" AND "do it off your own bat"

Next stop: workhouses and debtors prisons.

 

[Saintjay]

Interesting that the young are the most likely to experience a mental health problem 18-24. When two decades ago they were the least likely. Were people more likely to soldier on then, less social media, reporting, understanding of issues etc idk.

Why are we so ill? The working-age health crisis

The number of under 65s struggling with poor health is rising - and it's a threat to the economy.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Interesting that the young are the most likely to experience a mental health problem 18-24. When two decades ago they were the least likely. Were people more likely to soldier on then, less social media, reporting, understanding of issues etc idk.

Why are we so ill? The working-age health crisis

The number of under 65s struggling with poor health is rising - and it's a threat to the economy.

www.bbc.co.uk

Yes a lot of mental health issues are hidden
And were and still are not understood or accepted.

 

[Which Tyler]

Yep, huge difference between "not suffered" and "not admitted".
Especially for a set of conditions that have been stigmatised for centuries (and looks like being stigmatised again by this government)

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Future looks a lot bleaker than it did two decades ago as well - i imagine the housing market, stagnant wages, climate crisis, public services eroding etc. can weigh heavily on young minds - especially as information is so much more readily available these days

Uni students have a little rectangle in their pocket telling them they'll never own a home and the world's on fire etc.

 

[Deleted member 88328]

Future looks a lot bleaker than it did two decades ago as well - i imagine the housing market, stagnant wages, climate crisis, public services eroding etc. can weigh heavily on young minds - especially as information is so much more readily available these days

Uni students have a little rectangle in their pocket telling them they'll never own a home and the world's on fire etc.

And they wonder why mental health issues are on the rise...kinda obvious really. My nan says "I'd hate to be young now. Even basic things cost a fortune". This coming from an 80 year old women who's seen a thing or two as you can imagine.

 

[Saintjay]

And they wonder why mental health issues are on the rise...kinda obvious really. My nan says "I'd hate to be young now. Even basic things cost a fortune". This coming from an 80 year old women who's seen a thing or two as you can imagine.

Different times, my grandma's sister when sent to an 'institution' in the 1940's for having a 'nervous breakdown'.

 

[General Melchett]

Future looks a lot bleaker than it did two decades ago as well - i imagine the housing market, stagnant wages, climate crisis, public services eroding etc. can weigh heavily on young minds - especially as information is so much more readily available these days

Uni students have a little rectangle in their pocket telling them they'll never own a home and the world's on fire etc.

The sad thing is that when elections come around they look on the ballot paper and see mostly grim options that include self serving people who are mostly out of touch with reality. Wars are being started by power hungry old men acting like gangsters and countries like the UK run by a billionaire who doesn't know what it's like to live on a budget or wait for healthcare.

They don't bother voting and leave it for pensioners to decide their fate. Sad times.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

British man tests first personalised melanoma vaccine

Steve Young is part of the tests to see if an mRNA jab can stop the deadliest skin cancer returning.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Richard Scolyer: Top doctor remains brain cancer-free after a year

Richard Scolyer has undergone a new treatment for glioblastoma, based on his own melanoma research.

www.bbc.co.uk

Health expert Tim Spector criticised for remarks on year-round use of sunscreen

Spector said mouse study provided reason to stop using SPF 50 all year round, in post attacked as ‘frighteningly inaccurate’

www.theguardian.com

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Parasite outbreak cases in Devon double to 46

MP calls for "heads to roll" after confirmed cases of cryptosporidiosis in Devon rise to 46.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Bada-Bing!]

PM apologises after infected blood scandal cover-up

PM truly sorry as inquiry finds authorities covered up scandal and exposed victims to unacceptable risks.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Reiser99]

PM apologises after infected blood scandal cover-up

PM truly sorry as inquiry finds authorities covered up scandal and exposed victims to unacceptable risks.

www.bbc.co.uk

And like most of these inquires, no one actually responsible will be held to account.

 

[General Melchett]

And like most of these inquires, no one actually responsible will be held to account.

The best we can hope for is that someone will be stripped of their MBE which will obviously give the victims and their families a huge sense of justice.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

And like most of these inquires, no one actually responsible will be held to account.

Yes, Rishi will "apologise". And then no doubt huge compensation scheme (rightly so) will give the victims' families some relief, but not bring back their loved ones.

 

[Saintjay]

Now the country knows and the world knows, there was a deliberate attempt to lie and conceal, this was systemic, by government, civil servants and healthcare professionals".

Pretty damming words from one victim.