Health conference asks why ambulance staff aren ’ t an emergency service
The final day of UNISON’s annual health conference in Bournemouth opened with delegates standing in a minute’s silence to mark the upcoming International Workers’ Memorial Day on 28 April (above).
Moving to the business of the day, debates were heard on a variety issues.
Retirement age parity
A motion submitted by the ambulance occupational group highlighted the disparity in retirement age between police, fire service and ambulance staff.
Peter Steventon, South East central ambulance, opened the motion saying: “You would assume that NHS ambulance staff would be recognised as an ‘emergency service’. You ...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - April 20, 2023 Category: Food Science Authors: Simon Jackson Tags: Article 2023 National Health Conference Ambulance ambulance strikes fighting cuts and privatisation in the NHS Source Type: news
Surgery for Sciatica Has No Long Term Benefit
Surgery for sciatica reduces leg pain and disability for some people but benefits of surgery are short-lived and certainty of evidence supporting its use is low (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - April 19, 2023 Category: Disability Tags: Back Pain Information Source Type: news
7 Myths About Kidney Cancer, Debunked
Kidney cancer may well be the least-known common cancer in the U.S. An estimated 81,800 new cases will be diagnosed this year, according to the American Cancer Society. In 2022, the disease was the eighth most common cancer, occurring more frequently than leukemia and thyroid cancer. Yet, when people are diagnosed, their reaction is often, “I didn’t even know you could get cancer of the kidneys,” says Dr. Alice C. Fan, an assistant professor of medicine in the division of oncology at Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, Calif.
Humans have two fist-sized kidneys (shaped like the eponymous b...
Source: TIME: Health - April 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Katherine Hobson Tags: Uncategorized Cancer healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
What did I learn from Thomas Hardy? Great characters don ’t need a back story | Adrian Chiles
In the 21st century, we are used to picking through the psychological pain and peril of all our fictional heroes. Perhaps we should stopYou never know art better than that which you ’re forced to study as a teenager. For my O-level in music I had no choice but to listen in some detail to Malcolm Arnold’s Four Scottish Dances, Beethoven’s Pathétique piano sonata and Fauré’s Requiem. For a lad obsessed with the likes of Led Zeppelin, at the time this represented a traum atic listening experience. But it taught me a valuable lesson: if you’re exposed to any piece of art long enough, eventually it will move you. No...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 19, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Adrian Chiles Tags: Books Thomas Hardy Culture Psychology Source Type: news
I was diagnosed with 'human statue' disorder like Celine Dion - here are the symptoms to watch for
A Washington, DC area mom was diagnosed with rare Stiff Person Syndrome, having experienced excruciating back pain, difficulting walking, and fatigue. Here are the symptoms of SPS. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
