Disability Talk

Arthritis costs the UK healthcare system over £10billion a year! And it is estimated that £118.6billion will be spent on the condition over the course of the next decade. The two most common forms, osteoarthritis …

The NHS has set up a scheme to help whistleblowers back into employment. But it has been criticised, prior to launch, as nothing more than a ‘PR vehicle’. The nationwide pilot scheme, with a £100,000 …

People with long term gum disease are more likely to develop dementia, researchers have found. Scientists believe that inflammation caused by years of mouth problems could eventually damage the brain. Although the study of 20,000 …

Many private hospitals are gaining from getting tax breaks whilst NHS units don’t. More than a quarter of the 457 private hospitals receive rate relief of 80 per cent because they are registered as charities. …

A safe bed has at last been found for a suicidal teenager whose case prompted a High Court judge to condemn care provision as a disgrace. In his ruling, Sir James Munby, the most senior …

The number of prescriptions for diabetes has risen by more than three quarters in a decade and now costs the NHS almost £1 billion per year. Amazing as it may seem 52 million prescriptions were …