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Stigma causing people with mental illnesses to hold back in life, study suggests

Scots living with severe, enduring and complex mental illnesses are withdrawing from relationships, friendships, work and healthcare due to stigma and discrimination, new research has shown. The Scottish Mental Illness Stigma Study – the first of ...

27 Sept 2022 at 01:01

Sleep quality more important than duration to stay healthy, research suggests

Experiencing good quality sleep is more important than getting the recommended seven to nine hours when it comes to keeping illnesses at bay, a study suggests. New research has found that people who do not get quality sleep or enough sleep are ...

21 Sept 2022 at 01:01

Health & Wellbeing

How to cope with a cancer diagnosis in your own way, as comedian Janey Godley highlights you don’t always have to ‘fight’

Comedian Janey Godley shared an honest update on Facebook this week, about accepting how she “may be facing death”. The 61-year-old Scottish comic, known for stand-up and appearances on Have I Got News For You, as well as her hilarious viral ...

24 Mar 2022 at 14:25

New NHS waiting times for mental health conditions a step closer

People with “non urgent” mental health problems will receive help within four weeks for non-urgent treatment under new NHS plans. Patients who are in need of urgent support will be seen by crisis teams within a day under proposals to ...

22 Feb 2022 at 18:55

More than 90,000 people ‘die in poverty in UK every year’

More than 90,000 people die in poverty in the UK every year, new estimates suggest, prompting campaigners to warn that society is facing a “cost-of-dying” crisis. Working-age adults are twice as likely to die below the poverty line ...

12 May 2022 at 01:25

People with certain health conditions ‘2.4 times more likely to end their life’

People with chronic lung conditions and cancers which are likely to be fatal are around two-and-a-half times more likely to end their lives than those without such conditions, figures suggest. One year after being diagnosed with ...

20 Apr 2022 at 14:25

Features

Beating the January Blues and knowing when - and who - to ask for for help

January can be one of the most challenging months of the year, when people often hit a low after all the build-up to Christmas. It is also a time when people struggle with credit card debt and other financial difficulties. This ...

26 Jan 2022 at 10:33

Terminally ill benefits claimants to be exempt from work search requirements

Terminally ill benefits claimants in Britain will not have to demonstrate that they are taking measures such as looking for work in order to receive support, the Government has said. Chloe Smith, minister for disabled people, ...

24 Jan 2022 at 18:55

Derry News

Foyle MLA Durkan welcomes overdue support for terminally ill

SDLP Communities Spokesperson Mark H Durkan has welcomed the final stage of a bill to support the terminally ill. The Social Security (Terminal Illness) Bill passed its final stage in the Assembly on Monday. Foyle MLA, Mr ...

24 Jan 2022 at 20:33

‘Our families are going to suffer’: Mothers of disabled children seek bills help

Mothers of disabled children have appealed to the Government for urgent help with spiralling energy bills – saying “our families are going to suffer” and warning of a political “reckoning”. Carolynne Hunter’s daughter ...

26 Aug 2022 at 15:22

Warning over mental health services without new cash injection

More people will be shut out from mental health services if no new cash is invested in the next two years, a senior sector leader has warned. Mental Health Network chief executive Sean Duggan also warned that the ...

27 Dec 2022 at 00:01

Local News

‘Enough is enough’ says conservation group fighting wind farm development

Enough is enough. That's the message this week from the Gweebarra Conservation Group to those involved with allowing or promoting industrial-scale wind turbine developments in Donegal. The group was responding ...

27 Dec 2022 at 16:33

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