Eileen Grubba is a Hollywood actress who contributes to the DISABILITY TALK website. She was born into a family of eight children in Anchorage, Alaska but spent most of her childhood in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. As …
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£10BN COST OF ARTHRITIS
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 …
Continue readingWHISTLEBLOWERS BEING FAILED
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 …
Continue readingGUM DISEASE SUFFERERS MORE LIKELY TO GET DEMENTIA
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 …
Continue readingTAX BREAKS FOR PRIVATE HOSPITALS
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. …
Continue readingWRNS 100 – the war pensioners
Amidst all the hoop-la of this centenary year celebrating 100 years since the formation of the Women’s Royal Naval Service, I wanted to honour and pay tribute to all the women whose lives have …
Continue readingThis Should Make Us Feel Ashamed!
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 …
Continue readingHM TREASURY & DISABILITY
You ask what we can do as individuals, communities, society and government to improve the lives of those who are most disadvantaged. This Government set out its commitment to improving the lives of disabled people …
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I do think that there is much more awareness and support for disabled people in this country nowadays than there was in the past. I believe society has moved on and the recognition of the …
Continue readingDiabetes prescriptions cost NHS almost £1 billion per year
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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