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£10BN COST OF ARTHRITIS

On August 22, 2017 By Disability Talk In News

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 …

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WHISTLEBLOWERS BEING FAILED

On August 22, 2017 By Disability Talk In News

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 …

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GUM DISEASE SUFFERERS MORE LIKELY TO GET DEMENTIA

On August 22, 2017 By Disability Talk In News

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 …

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TAX BREAKS FOR PRIVATE HOSPITALS

On August 22, 2017 By Disability Talk In News

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. …

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This Should Make Us Feel Ashamed!

On August 15, 2017 By Disability Talk In News

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 …

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Diabetes prescriptions cost NHS almost £1 billion per year

On August 3, 2017 By Disability Talk In News

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 …

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New law requires taxi drivers not to discriminate against wheelchair users

On August 3, 2017 By Disability Talk In News

Sounds great but could this law actually be toothless? For a start it only applies to vehicles that are designated as wheelchair accessible and will apply to both taxis and private hire vehicles. It’s a …

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‘Ninja’ drug is an alzheimer beater

On August 1, 2017 By Disability Talk In News

Scientists are developing a ‘ninja’ drug that targets toxic proteins in the brain that could stop Alzheimer’s in its tracks. Early tests have been hopeful and show that the drug halts the chemical process that kills …

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Thousands of disabled Scots ‘face new benefits tests’

On August 1, 2017 By Disability Talk In News, Featured

Tens of thousands of disabled Scots face controversial benefits assessments, according to figures highlighted by Scottish Labour. Around 130,000 working age people in Scotland were receiving Disability Living Allowance (DLA) at the end of last …

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Are mental health services getting better?

On July 30, 2017 By Disability Talk In News

The Government says yes but many others say no. With one source saying that ‘mental health is as much a priority in Westminster as reducing the happy hour in the Commons bar’! Pre-election Theresa May was so …

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