Surgery delays: Man feels forgotten after six-year wait
At 475,000 people, Northern Ireland’s waiting lists are the worst in the UK. Source link
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The forgotten flu epidemic of 1989
In 1989, a flu epidemic took hold in Scotland, causing disruption to the education of young people and the hospital care of others as many teachers and nurses were off sick. More people in Scotland died at the height of the ’89 epidemic than at the peak of the first wave of Covid-19 in 2020. […]
Disabled people forgotten during Covid, BBC research reveals
“Millions spent months shielding, having to battle for basic support like healthcare, supermarket deliveries, financial support and social care,” said James Taylor, executive director at disability equality charity Scope. “Horrifying reports of DNRs [do-not-resuscitate orders] being placed on people without their consent left many fearing they’d not get treatment if they caught the virus. Source […]