A third of UK employees have taken a day off work due to stress, finds new research from insurance firm Aviva. ...
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Why we need to develop patient empathy in pain management
Dr Cormac Ryan, a reader in physiotherapy at Teesside University, discusses the use of Facebook to support the training of health and social care students on attitudes to patient empathy....
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Half of new GPs do not have mental health training, says Mind charity
More than half of GPs lack the necessary training to provide the right care for mental health patients, an investigation has shown. ...
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October 2016
Ray Douglas… A Man on a Mission...
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Why councils need to think about accessibility
The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) inclusion guru Steve Tyler tells Gill Hitchcock that it makes sense for councils to build accessibility into their digital services. ...
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How can managers be trained to support staff with mental health at work?
As a new report reveals a need for more support of employees with mental health at work, Mary Isokariari takes an indepth look at the findings....
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Jeremy Hunt to increase student doctors by 25%
Health secretary outlines plan to recruit 1,500 more homegrown medics in quest to make NHS ‘self-sufficient.’...
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Sickle cell disease: Do nurses and teachers need better training and education?
As Sickle Cell Awareness Month draws to end, Mary Isokariari explores the importance of training NHS staff and teachers in dealing with the disease. ...
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Britain’s Healthiest Workplace winners announced for 2016
In the first study of its kind in the UK investigates the impact of lifestyle and workplace environment on health and the healthiest places to work are revealed....
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More than 50% of pre-hospital deaths preventable with simple first aid
Dozens of MPs from across party lines turned up to the launch of the new British Red Cross report this week and showed their support for mandatory first aid education....
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