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Personal Health Budgets 0 comments

Personal Health Budgets: what they are and how to get one A Personal Health Budget (PHB) is an amount of NHS money set aside to meet your health and wellbeing [...]

Stoptober – 28 days to quit! 0 comments

Stoptober 2026: 28 days to quit smoking, and where to get free help Stoptober is back, running from 1 to 31 October 2026. The idea is simple: stop smoking for [...]

Protein powder in the accessible kitchen 1 comment

Protein powder in the accessible kitchen: a practical guide for difficult cooking days This is a sponsored article, produced in partnership with Naked Nutrition. Ask anyone who has spent a [...]

Seven Money-Saving Schemes 3 comments

Seven money-saving schemes disabled households could be missing Water, energy and transport bills have all risen sharply in 2026, and the pressure falls especially hard on the UK’s 16.7 million [...]

Can your scooter go on public transport? 44 comments

Taking a mobility scooter on buses, trains and public transport A mobility scooter can make it possible to get to the bus stop or station – but can you take [...]

MHRA Safety Alert for Patient Hoists 1 comment

MHRA issues national safety alert over risk of death and serious harm from patient hoists The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a National Patient Safety Alert [...]

Local Energy Advice Partnership 0 comments

Local Energy Advice Partnership With electricity prices increasing yet again, many of us can probably do with some help when it comes to keeping warm and saving money. Read on [...]

Antibiotics and C. diff 0 comments

Antibiotics and C. diff Cases of Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) have increased significantly in the last five years, and a lot of the responsibility for this lies with us – [...]

Carents and fret lag 0 comments

Are you a Type A? You could be at risk of holiday ‘fret lag’ (external links below will open in a new browser tab or window) With the summer holidays [...]