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‘I would not be alive’: anger at Sunak plan to strip GPs of sicknote powers

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 3 days ago - 12:50

Doctors’ ability to sign people off work is crucial, say readers, especially for those with mental health problems

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Guardian readers have reacted with horror and distress to Rishi Sunak’s plans to strip GPs of their power to sign people off work, in favour of “work and health professionals”.

We received an unusually high level of responses to a callout asking people about their experiences of being signed off work and their thoughts regarding Sunak’s proposals.

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Mes conseils de cycliste pour vous aider à trouver vos premiers itinéraires à vélo

news.movim.eu / Numerama · Sunday, 21 April - 12:03

Le vélo est fait d'imprévus, c'est ce qui fait son charme, mais si on peut réduire le risque de tomber sur une grosse nationale ou en fringale au beau milieu de nulle part, c'est mieux non ? Suivez notre guide pour débuter sur les chemins et trouver les bonnes ressources, en toute saison (on préfère quand même le printemps et l'été).

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Utiliser son GPS de smartphone au volant est-il interdit ?

news.movim.eu / JournalDuGeek · Friday, 19 April - 17:33

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En France, utiliser un GPS de smartphone au volant n'est pas interdit en soi, mais il est soumis à des conditions strictes définies par le Code de la route, les connaissez-vous ?

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Experts warn GPs on prescribing antipsychotic drugs for dementia

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Wednesday, 17 April - 22:30

Use of powerful medications linked to elevated risk of serious adverse outcomes including heart failure

Doctors are being urged to reduce prescribing of antipsychotic drugs to dementia patients after the largest study of its kind found they were linked to more harmful side-effects than previously thought.

The powerful medications are widely prescribed for behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia such as apathy, depression, aggression, anxiety, irritability, delirium and psychosis. Tens of thousands of dementia patients in England are prescribed them every year.

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Nearly 1,000 pharmacies in England closed since 2017, with poorer areas more affected

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Friday, 29 March - 15:00

Exclusive: Millions more GP appointments potentially created as a result of closures

Almost 1,000 pharmacies in England have closed since 2017, potentially leading to millions of extra GP appointments, the Guardian can exclusively reveal.

There are more than 11,000 pharmacies in England. Guardian analysis of the official register of these chemists has found that parts of the country have lost more than one in five pharmacies in the last six years, with poorer areas experiencing proportionally more closures.

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Public satisfaction with the NHS at its lowest ever level, poll shows

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Wednesday, 27 March - 00:00

Only 24% of people in England, Scotland and Wales content with heath service, with long waits to be seen the commonest complaint

Public satisfaction with the NHS has fallen to its lowest ever level, with long delays to access care the biggest source of deepening frustration, a study has shown.

Just 24% of people across England, Scotland and Wales – the fewest on record – are satisfied with the health service, according to the latest British Social Attitudes research.

Eighty-four per cent think the NHS has a major or severe funding problem.

Forty-eight per cent want the government to increase taxes and spend more on the NHS.

Conservative voters are now almost as likely as Labour ones to not be satisfied with the NHS.

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More than half of England’s army veterans have health problems – report

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Monday, 25 March - 00:01

Survey finds many ex-military personnel fear being misunderstood and are reluctant to seek professional help

More than half of England’s army veterans have experienced mental or physical health issues since returning to civilian life, and some are reluctant to share their experiences, a survey has revealed.

The survey of 4,910 veterans, commissioned jointly by the Royal College of GPs (RCGP) and the Office for Veterans’ Affairs (OVA), found that 55% have experienced a health issue potentially related to their service since leaving the armed forces. Over 80% of respondents said their condition had got worse since returning to civilian life.

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UK doctors involved in climate protests face threat of being struck off

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Saturday, 16 March - 06:00

GPs with convictions over protests face tribunals to determine whether they can keep licence to practise

Dr Sarah Benn has long been concerned about the climate crisis, diligently recycling until she was “blue in the face”. But the rise of the climate activist group Extinction Rebellion in 2019 inspired her and her husband to go further. “We thought: well, if we don’t do it then who else is going to?”

While working as a GP near Birmingham, Benn became increasingly involved in direct action over the next few years, and once glued her hand to the door of the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy in protest at the government’s inaction on the climate.

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Why ME/CFS is still so poorly researched and treated | Letters

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Friday, 15 March - 17:07

Readers respond to George Monbiot’s article on the treatment and attitude of the medical profession to the debilitating condition

I am writing to express my appreciation of George Monbiot’s perceptive article ( ‘You don’t want to get better’: the outdated treatment of ME/CFS patients is a national scandal, 12 March ). I have lived with severe fatigue for more than three years, following a mild Covid infection. It is difficult to describe what it is like and it is not surprising that it is not well understood. My experience is that it is necessary to overcome my instincts to push myself, since running out of energy results in even more limited stamina over weeks or months.

It must appear to others that I am neither constantly exhausted nor pushing myself. But if I give in to the instinct to do more, I push myself back into a state of self-perpetuating exhaustion, where my expectation of what I can manage lags behind my declining stamina.