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“The system is not working and these figures reveal how it is letting down people with dementia and putting our hospitals under unnecessary and intolerable strain. The social care crisis is harming patient care,” said Niall Dickson, chief executive of the NHS Confederation. … [Read more...] about Emergency dementia admissions to hospitals up 35% in five years

Hanoi (VNA) - Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has approved a national plan to respond to oil spills. The move aims to help promptly deal with oil spills, minimise the number of oil spills and reduce the damage by oil spills on the environment, economy and society. The plan tackles several oil spill possibilities, such as spills from oil tankers, spills due to broken pipelines and spills at oil refinery factory, among others. To handle oil spills, the plan pointed out major solutions, such as strengthening human resources, perfecting policies and mechanisms, enhancing international co-operation and ensuring enough facilities to deal with oil spills, he added. The Deputy PM assigned the National Committee for Natural Disaster Response and Search and Rescue to receive and verify information related to oil spills then issue an action plan and work with relevant units to fix the situation. The committee was told to set up a special team with participants from ministries, sectors … [Read more...] about National plan to respond to oil spills approved

Eight boats will race, each representing a charity being supported by the royals. This year, Kate’s four charities that will be represented at Action on Addiction, Place2Be, the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, and The Royal Foundation. Child Bereavement U.K., Centrepoint, the London Air Ambulance Charity 30th Anniversary Campaign, and Tusk, four causes for which William is a patron, will also compete. … [Read more...] about Prince William: I’m ‘Pleased’ to Welcome Prince Harry to the ‘Sleep Deprivation Society’ of Parenting

Earlier this year a report for the Alzheimer's Research Trust suggested there were 820,000 people with dementia in the UK, costing the economy £23bn a year. That cost it said was nearly twice the £12bn for cancer and three times the £8bn for heart disease. Yet government and charitable research into dementia came to one twelfth of that into cancer and less than a third of that into heart disease. … [Read more...] about Global dementia costs hit £388bn

The trend will mean that men and women will suffer from four or more diseases for two-thirds of the extra life expectancy that people can look forward to gaining by 2035 – another 3.6 years for men and 2.9 years for women – the authors estimate. … [Read more...] about We’ll live longer but suffer more ill-health by 2035, says study