Many of us dread the winter months: it conjures up images of bad weather, colds and flu. Additionally, many of us feel the winter blues too. For some of us, however, the symptoms are more persistent and more serious. Continue reading Get your body ‘winter ready’
A THIRD of healthcare workers say they would urge their children not to follow a career in medicine – threatening a further staffing crisis for the NHS in the future. Continue reading Healthcare workers “undervalued”
CHILDREN in Scotland are eating more their recommended daily sugar intake – in sweet treats alone. Research to mark Sugar Awareness Week shows kids in Scotland are eating the equivalent of two-and-a-half 1kg bags of sugar a year just by going to friends’ birthday parties. Continue reading Children treating their way to a health timebomb
Households in Scotland need to be more vigilant against the dangers of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning as a survey reveals two thirds of people have not installed a CO alarm to protect themselves, suggesting the very real threat is not being taken seriously. Continue reading Don’t ignore carbon monoxide poisoning dangers, Scottish households urged
Dear Editor,
Around 784 people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer every year in the UK and tragically one in four people won’t survive for a month. Three in four won’t survive for a year making pancreatic cancer the quickest killing cancer.
Despite being the cancer with the worst outcomes, many people are unaware of the disease and the devastating impact it can have. As World Pancreatic Cancer Day approaches (15thNovember) I urge your readers to find out more about the disease and spread the world about its symptoms.
An increased awareness of the symptoms, which include tummy and back pain, indigestion, itchy skin or yellow skin or eyes, unexplained weight loss and oily floating poo, could lead to more people being diagnosed at an earlier stage. The earlier people are diagnosed, the earlier they can be treated it may increase their chances of being eligible for life-saving surgery.
Your readers can find more information about World Pancreatic Cancer Day at www.worldpancreaticcancerday.
Thank you,
Dianne Dobson
Pancreatic Cancer UK Specialist Nurse
RADIOTHERAPY OPEN DAY
Edinburgh Cancer Centre, Western General Hospital
Saturday 17th November, 11am – 4pm
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Student nursing and midwifery places will increase for the seventh consecutive year, reaching record levels, with the intake rising by 7.6% to more than 4,000. Continue reading Support for next generation of nursing staff
Maggie wins 2018 Simon Pullin Award
A YOUNG nursing student was honoured for her outstanding caring skills after turning to poetry to articulate the demands of the job. Continue reading Prize-winning nurse turns her compassion into poetry
Scottish Ministers are being urged by the Scottish Greens to “fast-track action” on social care staffing, as new figures show a further rise in patients stuck in hospital – the vast majority of them waiting for social care. [1]
Continue reading Delayed discharges up: Greens urge social care staff boost
Figures from the National Records of Scotland (NRS) have shown that the predicted number of “winter deaths” are expected to soar this winter in Lothian. Continue reading Briggs: Winter deaths expected to soar
