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Physical health risks of anti-psychotic drugs
Anti psychotic drugs can cause people to rapidly put on weight and increase the risk of developing conditions like heart disease and diabetes. Claudia Hammond talks to Alice Evans and Dr Alex Mitchell. BBC Radio 4: All in the Mind
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b015ck9z
Andrew Lansley trumpets his market-led patient voucher scheme
The health secretary aims to have 50,000 patients with long-term conditions being able to buy their own treatments by 2014. Andrew Lansley came out fighting on Tuesday against "misinterpretation, misinformation and misrepresentation" about his health reforms, emphasising his confidence in his pro-market NHS bill by announcing the introduction of a voucher scheme for 50,000 patients with long-term conditions who will be able to buy their own treatment.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/oct/04/lansley-trumpets-patient-voucher-scheme?newsfeed=true
NHS will not fund some operations, patients told
GPs at a health centre in York have written to patients saying the NHS will no longer fund minor operations and instead offering to carry out the procedures for a fee, an unprecedented step in the health service. In a letter obtained by the website nhsmanagers.net, patients are advised that for a number of minor surgical procedures, such as ingrowing toenails, mole removal and chopping out warts and cysts, they would have to go private.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/oct/04/nhs-charging-operations-york?newsfeed=true
NHS pays millions of pounds more than it needs to for drugs
The National Health Service is spending almost ?25m a year on supplies of an antidepressant drug despite evidence that it has little clinical advantage over an almost identical medication which costs a fraction of the price. An investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (BIJ) for The Independent has raised questions about the only independent study to find evidence that the drug, Cipralex, is clinically more effective than its out-of-patent predecessor, Cipramil. Both have a similar main ingredient but Cipralex costs ?14.91, while the older Cipramil is available for just ?1.31.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...-more-than-it-needs-to-for-drugs-2365615.html
Stress overtakes cancer as main cause of sickness absence
Stress has become the main cause of long-term sickness absence for the first time across the British workforce, overtaking acute illnesses like cancer, a survey showed today. Tougher workloads, having a ?bad? boss and the fear of being made redundant are among the top factors piling the pressure on UK employees, the research revealed.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...cancer-as-main-cause-of-sickness-absence.html
Anti psychotic drugs can cause people to rapidly put on weight and increase the risk of developing conditions like heart disease and diabetes. Claudia Hammond talks to Alice Evans and Dr Alex Mitchell. BBC Radio 4: All in the Mind
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b015ck9z
Andrew Lansley trumpets his market-led patient voucher scheme
The health secretary aims to have 50,000 patients with long-term conditions being able to buy their own treatments by 2014. Andrew Lansley came out fighting on Tuesday against "misinterpretation, misinformation and misrepresentation" about his health reforms, emphasising his confidence in his pro-market NHS bill by announcing the introduction of a voucher scheme for 50,000 patients with long-term conditions who will be able to buy their own treatment.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/oct/04/lansley-trumpets-patient-voucher-scheme?newsfeed=true
NHS will not fund some operations, patients told
GPs at a health centre in York have written to patients saying the NHS will no longer fund minor operations and instead offering to carry out the procedures for a fee, an unprecedented step in the health service. In a letter obtained by the website nhsmanagers.net, patients are advised that for a number of minor surgical procedures, such as ingrowing toenails, mole removal and chopping out warts and cysts, they would have to go private.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/oct/04/nhs-charging-operations-york?newsfeed=true
NHS pays millions of pounds more than it needs to for drugs
The National Health Service is spending almost ?25m a year on supplies of an antidepressant drug despite evidence that it has little clinical advantage over an almost identical medication which costs a fraction of the price. An investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (BIJ) for The Independent has raised questions about the only independent study to find evidence that the drug, Cipralex, is clinically more effective than its out-of-patent predecessor, Cipramil. Both have a similar main ingredient but Cipralex costs ?14.91, while the older Cipramil is available for just ?1.31.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...-more-than-it-needs-to-for-drugs-2365615.html
Stress overtakes cancer as main cause of sickness absence
Stress has become the main cause of long-term sickness absence for the first time across the British workforce, overtaking acute illnesses like cancer, a survey showed today. Tougher workloads, having a ?bad? boss and the fear of being made redundant are among the top factors piling the pressure on UK employees, the research revealed.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...cancer-as-main-cause-of-sickness-absence.html