Brilliant, moving article written by Nicola Clark about Dementia Awareness Week and the effects of Alzheimer’s.
A must read. Click here.
The Department of Health have released details of a new strategy today that intends to make it easier for GPs to access patient records. This ten year framework will make it possible for people to access their records online and will include the development of a new NHS portal which will act as “a single trusted source of information across the NHS, public health and social care”
Great blog on The Guardian website surrounding social care reform by Stephen Dorrell:
“Social care reform was to be a priority during the second session of this parliament. In its first reforming months the coalition suggested that the Law Commission and Andrew Dilnot would produce reports during the first session that would form the basis of a new legal and financial framework for social care, and this would be the subject of legislation during the second session. But there is no such bill in the Queen’s speech. Real life has intervened.”
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Agoraphobia is usually simply described as a “fear of open spaces” it is however, much, much more complicated than this. Ranging in levels of severity in different people, Agoraphobia tends to affect people in different situations such as being alone, being inside or outside the home, in a crowd of people, or travelling on public transport.
Stroke is a condition that occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is cut off. Around 150,000 people every year suffer from stroke, and it is the third highest cause of death after heart disease and cancer in the UK. There are two different types of stroke – ischaemic, which accounts for 80% of cases and hermorrhagic and occurs mostly in over 65s.