By Liz Butterfield, Immedicare (www.immedicare.co.uk) Specialist Pharmacist The COVID-19 pandemic continues to shine a spotlight on how we care for our elderly. The negative impact…
Read more...A group of high-profile MPs including Elliot Colburn (Conservative MP for Carshalton and Wallington and vice-chair of the APPG on Dementia), Mims Davies (Conservative, Minister…
Read more...A leading Scottish care home operator has called out local authorities across Scotland, accusing them of ‘blatant hypocrisy and double standards’, after documents have revealed…
Read more...Joanna McCabe has been named the first Huntington’s Disease Nurse Consultant at the leading complex nursing care provider. Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s…
Read more...A community defibrillator has been installed in Falmouth thanks to a social care provider. Methodist Homes (MHA) run MHA Langholme in Falmouth and have installed…
Read more...A 48 hour strike will take place from Tuesday 16 April Consultants and SAS (specialist, associate specialist, and speciality) doctors have voted to strike as part of…
Read more...Hundreds of NHS patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease are set to benefit from a portable drug infusion that is gradually released around-the-clock to help better…
Read more...A new BMA report, “It’s broken” Doctors’ experiences on the frontline of a failing mental healthcare system”, based on first-hand accounts of doctors working across…
Read more...A blood test that looks for changes in certain proteins could predict dementia up to 15 years before diagnosis, research suggests. Scientists have identified 11…
Read more...A further 1.4 million people who have an increased risk for progression to severe COVID-19 will be eligible for Paxlovid if they test positive following…
Read more...Drugs used to treat erectile dysfunction could also be linked to a reduced risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, according to new research from University College…
Read more...An in-depth report into the challenges faced by people with learning disabilities and/or autistic people trying to leave ‘long-stay’ hospital is published in full for…
Read more...New research, published today in Nature Medicine, has identified five cases of Alzheimer’s disease believed to have arisen because of a medical treatment decades earlier….
Read more...Patients in England will be able to get treatment for seven common conditions at their high street pharmacy from today without needing to see a…
Read more...The BMA is asking the Government to discuss how to improve its pay offer to consultants in England after members voted against it. BMA consultant…
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