cost-cutting: This UK hospital is offering towels and blankets to patients instead of pillows

cost-cutting: This UK hospital is offering towels and blankets to patients instead of pillows

Patients at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) are being forced to rest their heads on makeshift pillows made from towels due to shortage of standard hospital pillows. A physiotherapist admitted to the claim that the hospital offered a makeshift pillow during her stay. Claire Sapwell, a 53-year-old physiotherapist from Cromer, was admitted twice in…

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Family issue warning after man, 46, given 'weeks to live' despite being 'sent away by doctors' countless times

Family issue warning after man, 46, given ‘weeks to live’ despite being ‘sent away by doctors’ countless times – UK News

Warning: This article contains discussion of cancer which some readers may find distressing. The family of a man who has been diagnosed with incurable cancer has issued a stark warning after he was turned away from doctors countless times. Kev Coles, from Stoke-on-Trent, UK, was diagnosed with bowel cancer in September 2024. The 46-year-old had…

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PM abolishes NHS England in reforms

PM abolishes NHS England in reforms

Sir Keir Starmer’s announcement that he will abolish NHS England signals the “final nail in the coffin” for a decade-long experiment to provide operational independence to the health service. NHS England — now the world’s largest quango with 13,000 staff — was set up in 2012 as part of a top-down reorganisation introduced by Andrew…

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Instead of eating instant pots, Mr Hobson suggests people opt for making their own oats with milk and topping it with some chopped fruit or dried fruit or some nuts and seeds for a healthy breakfast

So what IS a healthy breakfast if porridge is ‘too sugary’? Experts give verdict on ‘confusing’ new Government guidelines

By REBECCA WHITTAKER FOR MAILONLINE Published: 13:13 GMT, 4 December 2024 | Updated: 14:01 GMT, 4 December 2024 A hearty bowl of porridge may sound like a healthy way to start the day, but under new Government guidelines it’s classed as junk food — although it depends which type you choose. The Government’s new ultra-strict…

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Ministers will today introduce legislation curbing the commercials despite acknowledging it could cost firms £199 million a year

Shock at ‘healthy’ items now classed as junk food in Government’s ultra-strict new guidelines

Diet experts have today slammed the Government’s new ultra-strict ban on junk food advertising — claiming the updated rules target foods that are in fact healthy. Ministers will introduce legislation curbing commercials that air before 9pm on television, and axe online ads completely, which is thought to cost firms around £199 million a year. The…

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