Ministers are considering whether homeopathy should be put on a blacklist of treatments GPs in England are banned from prescribing, the BBC has learned.

The controversial practice is based on the principle that "like cures like", but critics say patients are being given useless...

Woolworths Workers Lose Compensation Fight

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 3rd May 2015 08:40.

A four-year legal fight for redundancy payments, brought by former Woolworths and Ethel Austin staff, is rejected. Thousands of former Woolworths...

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Legal battle over 'illegal' car park fines at supermarkets and hospitals could spark refunds

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 2nd November 2014 11:06.

*......for millions of motorists* * *Millions of people given large 'fines' by private firms could be owed...

Hi guys. My mother has recently been diagnosed with Heart Failure.

Unsure of why yet, as she's due to see a cardiologist on 10th March and to have a echo graph to determine the cause, however she has been put on water pills and ACE inhibitors. Beta blockers will be introduced in the next...

Have put this here as it is where you would go of you found out your medical records have been sold after opt out.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...emics--critics...

Anyone seen this?

38 Degrees | Don't cap our GP visits

This was (kind of ) forecast in a U-tube clip I watched last week about how this country would end up....

Jeremy Hunt attacks 'complacent' hospitals

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 8th March 2013 07:38.

Too many hospitals are coasting along, settling for meeting minimum standards, according to the health secretary. In a speech on Friday, Jeremy Hunt...
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Holidays, health cards, travel insurance and you??

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 6th March 2013 07:46.

Each year, more than 45 million UK residents head off overseas either on holiday, business, visiting friends and relatives, or to study. With so...
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Can anyone see a downfall in my policy?

I'd get rid of car tax and put the cost on fuel. That way you wouldn't be able to drive with no tax, gas guzzlers would pay more tax, economical green cars would pay less. Can't see a downside.

Drivers caught by aggressive private parking firms handed lifeline

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 30th September 2012 15:15.

Motorists hit with penalties when parking on private land – including outside shops and hospitals – can fight back from tomorrow....

Elderly Care and we Have this? followed by this....

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 26th June 2012 14:12.

*Homes and hospitals 'fail' adults in care *Almost half of all care homes and treatment centres in England are failing to protect adults with...
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Widely used across Europe and the US, drunk tanks are used to...

I'm not normally that keen on Christmas tv but am looking forward to a few programmes.Wouldn't be christmas without Noel's pressies. Got my tissues out ready!! Used to love the programmes where they went round childrens hospitals and stuff. Just Henry looks good too. Think it's by the guy who was responsible...

Now it's really not that often that I ask for help so here goes.

Basics

Smashed my back in 2008, ended up in hospital blah blah blah
signed on got ESA both income based and contribution based ... apparently .. but sorting it all out, phone calls, visits to the JC,...