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  1. Getting the most from your medicines

    talk to your GP or pharmacist first before making any changes. New Medicine Service This is a free NHS service for people who are prescribed new medicines for certain conditions. Your pharmacist will support ... medicine. See which other conditions are included in the scheme on the NHS website Structured Medication Reviews (SMRs) This is a free NHS service for people who may have difficulties with managing multiple

  2. Life for older people after the vaccine

    greatest risk of dying. Vaccinating older people will reduce, but not remove, pressure on hospitals NHS England data show that about 2 in 3 people admitted to hospital with coronavirus have been aged 65 ... older will reduce the number of people admitted to hospital and reduce some of the pressure on the NHS. However, vaccinating people aged 70 and older will only partially reduce the pressure on hospital

  3. The impact of the pandemic

    pandemic a lot, or all of the time. Barriers to good physical health Levels of concern about access to NHS services reduced slightly between September 2021 and April 2022, but remained high – particularly ... factors: the consequences of pandemic restrictions, contracting coronavirus, and reduced access to NHS services . Being able to see a GP and other clinicians face-to-face was what older people told us would

  4. Choosing the right care home for you

    Choosing a care home is a big decision. Use Age UK's care home checklist to make sure you know exactly what to look for when visiting potential homes.

  5. Day centres for older people

    Every day at an Age UK day centre is different, but you can expect it to be like this:   A wheelchair-accessible minibus will come and pick you up from your house to take you to our day centre. Most

  6. Stories of Painful Journeys

    can't use my legs and my arms are weak. I go to hospital five times a month for treatment. As a wheelchair user, I qualify for hospital transport. Hospital transport is a vital service, I could not receive ... dreadful. My partner had to come and get me, which was dangerous as his car isn't designed for a wheelchair. He found the whole thing terrifying.' Write to your MP to demand better hospital transport

  7. Free days out in the UK

    House. Assistance dogs on a lead are welcome. Wheelchair users are advised to bring a helper for some steep ramps and will need to use a manual wheelchair underground. Find out more on the official website

  8. Government must act now to avert disaster in our care homes

    part because there is simply not enough PPE and testing period, and what there is has gone to the NHS first, understandably. An additional problem is that the care home sector is so fragmented that delivering ... sector to fall between two stools: neither genuinely in the community on the one hand, nor in the NHS on the other. This is not a new problem: for many years for example, some care homes have found it

  9. Numbers of coronavirus deaths – understanding the statistics

    the people who are dying in care homes. Coronavirus testing in care homes is limited and because the NHS is currently so stretched, in many cases a doctor is not able to see the person to diagnose coronavirus ... for health problems other than coronavirus, for fear of catching the virus or of over-burdening the NHS, may die of causes other than coronavirus. Their lives may have been saved had they sought medical

  10. Accessing your GP

    methods. Not being a computer user mustn’t mean you get a second class service, especially in the NHS, which we cherish in this country in part because equality of access is in its DNA. We mustn’t ... older people give up entirely at this stage. That’s neither in their best interests, nor in the NHS’s – there has to be another way for those who really need it. The pressures facing GPs

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