Education and Care Services Ministers Andrew Adonis and Ivan Lewis, today announced the start of a three-year transformation in short break services for disabled children. Twenty-one local areas will launch the first wave of a £370m investment for local authorities that will extend to all of England from 2009.
Patients who suffer from inflammatory arthritis in just one joint are not at risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a new report has suggested. French researchers published their findings in the Journal of Rheumatology.
People with asthma would be prepared to sacrifice some improvements in symptom relief in return for a simpler treatment plan and an increased capacity to self-manage, according to a survey of adults with moderate or severe asthma.
The family of legendary showman Sir Norman Wisdom have spoken about their decision to admit him to a care home. Nick Wisdom said his 92-year-old father, who suffers from vascular dementia, was no longer able to interact with his family as he used to.
An NHS trust has ruled it will not allow a hysterectomy on a severely disabled girl to go ahead. Alison Thorpe, 45, said her 15-year-old daughter Katie, who has cerebral palsy, would be confused by periods and they would cause her indignity.
A study of four-year-old twin girls has identified a rogue cell that is the root cause of childhood leukaemia.