A group of experts have argued that children should only be given water to drink with meals in a bid to help combat the child obesity crisis. The call comes as Public Health England prepares to publish its plans for cutting the nation’s sugar intake.
A recent study published by the Guardian has found that social workers are facing a variety of health-related difficulties.
The study which interviewed almost 1000 social workers found that of these health related problems, anxiety and insomnia were the most common. Additionally, social workers who are young, have little work experience, are without a licence, male, unmarried or were employed part-time had the most health problems.
Information published by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) has revealed that smokers have a 45% higher risk of developing dementia than non-smokers.
The evidence shows a strong link between smoking and the risk of dementia, and the more a person smokes, the higher the risk. It is estimated that almost 15% of Alzheimer’s disease cases worldwide are potentially due to smoking. Not to mention the risk factors associated with cancers, cardiovascular diseases, chronic lung disease and diabetes.
After facing a series of substantial cutbacks to their budget and at the same time having a growing number of older patients requiring publicly funded social care, Hampshire City Council were struggling to find a solution to both of these huge issues.
Hampshire’s management team needed to find something that could keep the costs low but also assure the safety and security of their patients, after assessing the situation they quickly realised that they were not utilising assistive technology to its full potential.