Tag Archive for: health
Nursing Initiative: More tinkering at the edges?
In the face of a growing and alarming number of reports on poor standards of care for vulnerable patients…
Calls for action on care need to be heeded
When I wrote last July about how the findings of the Dilnot Commission into the funding of social care…
New review highlights positive benefits of marriage
The Family Education Trust has just highlighted a report from the Institute of American values which…
VIDEO: non-communicable diseases top UN General Assembly agenda
For only the second time in its history, the General Assembly of United Nations will be discussing a…
Making Poor Choices: are commercial concerns wrecking our health?
Cancer, diabetes, heart disease, lung diseases, and strokes are the major causes of death and disability…
A politically incorrect final solution for Britain’s growing elderly population
The BBC has reminded us this week that today's 20-year-olds are three times more likely to live to…
Medical Defence Union finally publishes full version of new guidance on praying for patients
I recently blogged about new guidance from the Medical Defence Union which endorses tactful prayer with…
Hospitalised patients more satisfied when given chance to discuss faith and religion
Hospitalised patients who are able to talk about their religious and spiritual concerns are more satisfied…
At a Given Moment – recognising worldview as part of a healthy diagnosis
CMF member Dr Graham McAll has worked as a general surgeon and inner city GP. In a timely new book,…
‘Doing God’ is good for your health
Practising Christian faith is good for your health. That’s the verdict of a new report which shows…