Digital delivery of information can empower patients to make informed choices about their care, reduce necessary hospital appointments and improve the quality of face-to-face consultations. These are the conclusions of a small research study led…
After World War One, the role of women in British society changed forever. There are people out there who think that we ought to thank the Suffragettes for women’s suffrage. They’re wrong, in comparison to…
What we need to understand about coercive control Coercive Control is the bedrock of domestic abuse, I describe it as the ‘carbon monoxide’ in an abusive dynamic, in terms of health and wellbeing its far-reaching…
Background With 11,500 community pharmacies in the UK located at the heart of communities, it is estimated that over 80% of the UK population visit one every year and three quarters of these are for…
Sepsis is the body’s overreaction to an infection where, instead of fighting it, the immune system attacks the body’s own organs and tissues. Sepsis can occur from a small cut or insect bite to a…
Although not usually the main topic of conversation around the dinner table or in a pub, problems with their sex lives are a source of major distress to large numbers of men. These difficulties are…
With the NHS’s long term plan receiving hours of debate and hundreds of column inches, a recent round table event in Manchester sought to cut through the hyperbole to get to the heart of the…
Atopic eczema is one of the commonest of the inflammatory skin diseases and its incidence is increasing. In a recent epidemiologic study, the worldwide incidence of atopic eczema in children and adolescence was 20% and…
Context In developed countries such as the UK, it has been estimated that we spend around 85-90% of our time indoors, including in our homes, at work and commuting between the two. However, with the…
