Time to set boundaries
How often have you used the word ‘boundaries’ about others? Perhaps you’ve said your partner needs to get a better…
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Australian flu and what you need to know
Could this flu season be the worst we have seen in the last 50 years? Keep washing you hands and…
Technology and innovation: enablers but not saviours of the NHS
Technology and innovation are being invoked as saviours of an over-stretched NHS whose seventieth birthday is looming, particularly as both…
Ideal gifts for someone in hospital
What's the ideal gift to bring someone who is in hospital? Hospitals can be very tedious places for patients and…
A&E planning not working
A&E forward planning is 'too little, too late' according to the Royal College of Emergency Medicine. New data from NHS…
Dry January is for you
Dry January feels like it’s been around forever, doesn’t it? It’s as ubiquitously January as New Year’s resolutions and the…
Performing arts in community NHS treatment
What do we mean by the use of performing arts in community NHS treatment? In a previous article for the…
Why do 5 million people sign up for Dry January?
Why do five million people every year decide to take part in Dry January? There are a number of reasons…
The 12 Days of NHS Choices Christmas
Christmas is the season of giving and goodwill and NHS Digital has trawled through the analytics of NHS Choices over…
Merry Christmas without asthma
Christmas trees, candle fumes and smoking Christmas puddings may be festive but they can all make asthma symptoms worse this…