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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Better Education for Diabetes Patients is Necessary
Following new data which showed the rising number of people with diabetes in Wales, Chair of the Cross Party Group on Diabetes and Caerphilly AM Jeff Cuthbert has asked the Health Minister what support the Government is providing for education for people with the condition.
http://www.aberdareonline.co.uk/content/better-education-diabetes-patients-necessary
NHS reforms could see patients miss out on groundbreaking drugs to cure Alzheimer?s, Parkinson?s
A leading drug company is threatening to delay the introduction of groundbreaking treatment for Alzheimer?s, Parkinson?s and schizophrenia in response to the Government?s planned NHS reforms. During a meeting in July, Eli Lilly, one of the biggest providers of drugs to the NHS, warned that plans for ?value-based pricing? would involve significantly higher costs and greater bureaucracy for pharmaceutical firms.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/journali...king-drugs-to-cure-Alzheimers-Parkinsons.html
Patients Association warns hospitals 'lack basic care'
Nursing care must be strengthened and the complaints system overhauled because of continued poor care of older people in hospital, says the Patients Association. The patient lobby group has highlighted 17 cases in England and Wales where patients were left lying in faeces, or desperately hungry and thirsty.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11889342
Improve out-of-hours care - Royal College of Physicians
Junior doctors are having to care for too many patients because there are not enough consultants on duty at weekends and in the evenings, according to the Royal College of Physicians. The RCP says there is mounting evidence of poor out-of-hours care in hospitals.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11889892
Following new data which showed the rising number of people with diabetes in Wales, Chair of the Cross Party Group on Diabetes and Caerphilly AM Jeff Cuthbert has asked the Health Minister what support the Government is providing for education for people with the condition.
http://www.aberdareonline.co.uk/content/better-education-diabetes-patients-necessary
NHS reforms could see patients miss out on groundbreaking drugs to cure Alzheimer?s, Parkinson?s
A leading drug company is threatening to delay the introduction of groundbreaking treatment for Alzheimer?s, Parkinson?s and schizophrenia in response to the Government?s planned NHS reforms. During a meeting in July, Eli Lilly, one of the biggest providers of drugs to the NHS, warned that plans for ?value-based pricing? would involve significantly higher costs and greater bureaucracy for pharmaceutical firms.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/journali...king-drugs-to-cure-Alzheimers-Parkinsons.html
Patients Association warns hospitals 'lack basic care'
Nursing care must be strengthened and the complaints system overhauled because of continued poor care of older people in hospital, says the Patients Association. The patient lobby group has highlighted 17 cases in England and Wales where patients were left lying in faeces, or desperately hungry and thirsty.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11889342
Improve out-of-hours care - Royal College of Physicians
Junior doctors are having to care for too many patients because there are not enough consultants on duty at weekends and in the evenings, according to the Royal College of Physicians. The RCP says there is mounting evidence of poor out-of-hours care in hospitals.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11889892