Radhika Holmström - Pavilion Health Today https://pavilionhealthtoday.com Supporting healthcare professionals to deliver the best patient care Thu, 06 Jun 2024 13:53:05 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://pavilionhealthtoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/android-chrome-384x384-1-100x100.png Radhika Holmström - Pavilion Health Today https://pavilionhealthtoday.com 32 32 The Covid effect: the body as a whole https://pavilionhealthtoday.com/gm/the-covid-effect-the-body-as-a-whole/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-covid-effect-the-body-as-a-whole Tue, 12 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pavilionhealthtoday.com/uncategorized/the-covid-effect-the-body-as-a-whole/ Covid-19 virus, the effect on the body,

A recent report looks at how older people have been affected by lockdown, and finds that nutrition is one of the key issues

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Language barriers between a healthcare professional and a patient can impact on health outcomes. Interpreters provide a service for patients, carers and clinicians to help them understand each other. 

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The number of blind and partially sighted people in the UK is projected to rise to 2.7 million by the end of the decade and to over four million by 2050 - and the majority of these will be over 75 years.

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Emergency legislation has been introduced to Parliament that includes temporary measures to change the Mental Health Act if the coronavirus crisis worsens. This article explains the background along with the new Liberty Protection Safeguards.

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