by The Editor | Jul 6, 2017 | Health & Education
A ‘soft opt-out scheme’ would mean that consent for organ donation was presumed. This would lead to an increase in life-saving organ transplants reducing the waiting lists. It’s expected that this might increase pressure on London and Northern Ireland to follow suit....
by The Editor | Jul 2, 2017 | Health & Education
I co-run a support group for people going through Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Personal Independent Payment assessments and appeals. I have heard many people’s harrowing experiences of these assessments, I have written about them, and I’ve written...
by The Editor | Jul 1, 2017 | Health & Education
In only one English county, Oxfordshire, nearly 500 patients have had to travel to Scotland for treatment over the last three years. Some have had to make the 532 miles journey to Inverness! I’ve already contrasted the humanitarian disaster afflicting parts of NHS...
by The Editor | Jun 23, 2017 | Health & Education
In the Nordic countries – Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland – the rate of stillbirths and deaths of babies within 28 days is 4.3 per 1 000 live births. This is the lowest in the world. In the USA, it’s about 10. The Scottish figure has now fallen to just...
by The Editor | Jun 4, 2017 | Health & Education
I don’t normally write on disability issues, I don’t have the experience so would rather share pieces online by those who do. However I’ve seen two articles/videos in the last two days that I have to talk about. The first is the struggle that people have to go...
