The son of a distinguished medical officer in the Polish resistance during the Second World War, Dr Andrzej Hubert Szemis was a brilliant, active, and intensely proud man. Having been the director of a hospital in Poland, the eminent psychiatrist came to England at the end of the Cold War in 1984, settling in Leicester …
Poetry and healthcare — not an obvious alliance but one that has propelled a North East poet towards a new communications role with independent charity Healthwatch. Lewis Brown has been writing and performing poetry since his university days, appearing at festivals across the UK and overseas, including the Edinburgh Fringe and slams in the United …
Imagine a product causing seven types of cancer, one million hospital admissions a year, and draining public resources of billions across healthcare, social services, crime and disorder and our economy. Then imagine that product sponsoring major sports events, delivering relentless advertising on TV and cinema, getting piled up at the entrance to supermarkets and being …
GREGGS BONUS: Thousands of Greggs staff will receive a share of a £17.6m bonus pot after the bakery chain announced a record annual profit and revealed it had overtaken McDonald’s to become the No.1 takeaway breakfast seller in Britain for the first time. Profits increased by 27% to £188m, meaning that 25,000 of its 32,000 …
It was while on honeymoon in 2018 that Rachel Stockdale first had the idea for Fat Chance. Arriving at a restaurant in Lake Bled with her new husband, she had allowed herself the small luxury of eating carbs again after months of dieting to ensure she could zip up her wedding dress. “A table for …
Businesses are being warned to start taking the menopause seriously or risk losing more talented staff from their workforce. Sharon MacArthur is a 56-year-old menopausal woman from Whitley Bay who works across every business sector to deliver menopause training and education. “Senior leadership in businesses need to understand health isn’t about putting a bunch of …
The frustration of the 8am battle on the GP surgery phonelines is one many can relate to. It can take days to secure an appointment – so it’s not hard to understand why there is often little sympathy for those who manage to book an appointment – and then fail to turn up. You don’t …
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