It's a lie, there is 100% chance all patients will die, the real questions should be about how long will they live in good health and be of benefit to society and how can they support themselves financially without draining the public purse.25% less likely to die is a claim ……
For my insomnia, the options the GP gave were either pills or to join a big waiting list for CBT. I opted for the pills, worked for a while then I got used to the dose and they don’t work anymore. So in light of having enough humans to offer a service, the pills will always win.Yep, nothing to do with the poor doctors prescribing, or the unhealthy, lazy individual, or the BMA that negotiated the mess of the GP contracts under Blair. Where’s the responsibility or accountability ???
I read this recently
‘90 per cent of surgeries have now abolished the old “list” system, in which each GP was dedicated to their own list of patients. The BMA thought this change was a great triumph of negotiation but it has turned out to be a disastrous mistake.
A study of more than four million patients in Norway found that people who see the same GP regularly are 28 per cent less likely to go to hospital and 25 per cent less likely to die. If a doctor knows you and your family, they are far less likely to get a diagnosis wrong. The best way to keep us healthy and out of hospital is if someone has responsibility to make that happen. But if patients become like anonymous call centre customers, the reverse is true’
ps i do also find the pushing of prescriptions drugs for everything pretty disgraceful. The final call is the doctors though
To take it as a very rough mental health marker that can’t be cheated suïcide stats don’t really support the idea of a mental health crisis tbh
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A definite flattening and slight rise post 200& but still only at sort of turn of the century levels.
It's choice as well when thinking genuinely, what chance are really.For my insomnia, the options the GP gave were either pills or to join a big waiting list for CBT. I opted for the pills, worked for a while then I got used to the dose and they don’t work anymore. So in light of having enough humans to offer a service, the pills will always win.
As for personal responsibility, in this country we seem to make it so easy to get obese yet berate people for succumbing. Workplace culture of offering cake and biscuits, big portions in the shop/restaurant/takeout, high calorie food from when the country did more manual work, ‘always finish your plate’ etc etc. As someone who has tried to and did lose a lot of weight on his own, it struck me how difficult it is every day to eat responsibly when we have so many societal pressures/incentives not to.
What do you mean mate?It's choice as well when thinking genuinely, what chance are really.
That the options are stacked against everyone in fact, I take your point about the old workplace canteen.What do you mean mate?
Certainly doesn’t justify the uptick in the 18-24 years claiming sickness benefit because of mental issues.
A government handout doesn’t fix these issues, but more pertinently, the idea of a comprehensive welfare state only works if people are putting in more than they are taking out. 18-24 year olds are the cohort that need to be working and paying tax rather than dipping their hands in the system from Day 1. Entrapping a generation to a life on state benefits is not empathetic.
Everything is interlinked, an overwhelmed NHS means that GPs are overburdened and probably not able to give face-to-face interviews before writing sick notes. The Telegraph also uncovered unscrupulous websites that offered doctor’s note as part of a ‘subscription’.
Ironically, people who are resistant to welfare reform run the risk of everything collapsing as the state is just unable to keep up with the mounting costs.
Last time I was over, in multiple places I went to eat I seemed to be offered chips/fries with everything, as is the case in America. It also seems to be difficult to get anything that’s not processed if you just want a snack of some kind.For my insomnia, the options the GP gave were either pills or to join a big waiting list for CBT. I opted for the pills, worked for a while then I got used to the dose and they don’t work anymore. So in light of having enough humans to offer a service, the pills will always win.
As for personal responsibility, in this country we seem to make it so easy to get obese yet berate people for succumbing. Workplace culture of offering cake and biscuits, big portions in the shop/restaurant/takeout, high calorie food from when the country did more manual work, ‘always finish your plate’ etc etc. As someone who has tried to and did lose a lot of weight on his own, it struck me how difficult it is every day to eat responsibly when we have so many societal pressures/incentives not to.
Agree, which is why putting all extra cash into the nhs, when a relatively small proportion of it could make a far bigger difference if it went into social care, seems crazy to me.* Also why I think what the BMA/resident doctors (likely followed by consultants etc) are doing is totally unacceptable - theyll be happy to use up the extra cash with no material improvement to the nhs or patients
*it would also help reduce some of the bed blocking issue which in turn helps nhs capacity.
I shifted from eating a large amount of processed food, to barely any at all and I sleep like a baby now.Last time I was over, in multiple places I went to eat I seemed to be offered chips/fries with everything, as is the case in America. It also seems to be difficult to get anything that’s not processed if you just want a snack of some kind.
For the sleep, try to get some melatonin online.
We used to do a lot more physical work in this country, so having fish and chips, calorie dense puddings etc was fine as you were burning it off. Then the country shifted to much more sedentary work but the food remained and the portion size increased.That the options are stacked against everyone in fact, I take your point about the old workplace canteen.
Last time I was over, in multiple places I went to eat I seemed to be offered chips/fries with everything, as is the case in America. It also seems to be difficult to get anything that’s not processed if you just want a snack of some kind.
For the sleep, try to get some melatonin online.
Will look into the melatonin. When we were in Italy a few years ago, the portion of pasta they offer looks about half of what we’d call a portion in this country. In Germany a Stein of beer lasts you the whole evening, in this country people turn it into a contest.Last time I was over, in multiple places I went to eat I seemed to be offered chips/fries with everything, as is the case in America. It also seems to be difficult to get anything that’s not processed if you just want a snack of some kind.
For the sleep, try to get some melatonin online.
The best I’ve ever felt eating wise was in Greece. Meat, fruit and veg all locally grown and sensible portion sizes. No surprise it’s one of the healthiest diets in the world.I do wonder if low carb works in Mediterranean societies. It always felt like its main benefit was that if I was hungry I just couldn’t buy any snacks outside of a supermarket.
Yeah portion sizes are a problem as well. Most of the time in the UK pasta portions are 2-3 times bigger.Will look into the melatonin. When we were in Italy a few years ago, the portion of pasta they offer looks about half of what we’d call a portion in this country. In Germany a Stein of beer lasts you the whole evening, in this country people turn it into a contest.
We have these societal hangovers from when food was less readily available and when we did more exercise.
It’s portion sizes rather than carbs that are the problem, IMO - unless we’re talking stuff like processed bread.I do wonder if low carb works in Mediterranean societies. It always felt like its main benefit was that if I was hungry I just couldn’t buy any snacks outside of a supermarket.
Potatoes are pretty nutritious and filling, but not when they’re chipped and deep fried.It’s portion sizes rather than carbs that are the problem, IMO - unless we’re talking stuff like processed bread.
Yep potatoes top on the satiation index for carbsPotatoes are pretty nutritious and filling, but not when they’re chipped and deep fried.
How does life expectancy compare between these countries?I’m afraid some of the stats really don’t back up what’s being said here.
Diabetes is a big drain and an indicator of ooor health. Spain and Portugal have 3 times the rate of the UK. Italy spends far more on treatment per capita than most other European countries. Germany is worse - its diet is incredibly unhealthy.
Italy’s population is amongst the oldest in the world.I’m afraid some of the stats really don’t back up what’s being said here.
Diabetes is a big drain and an indicator of ooor health. Spain and Portugal have 3 times the rate of the UK. Italy spends far more on treatment per capita than most other European countries. Germany is worse - its diet is incredibly unhealthy.
We are the 10th most obese country in Europe and more obese than all those mentioned.I’m afraid some of the stats really don’t back up what’s being said here.
Diabetes is a big drain and an indicator of ooor health. Spain and Portugal have 3 times the rate of the UK. Italy spends far more on treatment per capita than most other European countries. Germany is worse - its diet is incredibly unhealthy.
How does life expectancy compare between these countries?
We are the 10th most obese country in Europe and more obese than all those mentioned.
I'd say Obesity is the biggest indicator of a poor diet.it’s still related to death and an indicator of poor diet
You are beginning to understand.For my insomnia, the options the GP gave were either pills or to join a big waiting list for CBT. I opted for the pills, worked for a while then I got used to the dose and they don’t work anymore. So in light of having enough humans to offer a service, the pills will always win.
As for personal responsibility, in this country we seem to make it so easy to get obese yet berate people for succumbing. Workplace culture of offering cake and biscuits, big portions in the shop/restaurant/takeout, high calorie food from when the country did more manual work, ‘always finish your plate’ etc etc. As someone who has tried to and did lose a lot of weight on his own, it struck me how difficult it is every day to eat responsibly when we have so many societal pressures/incentives not to.
Italy, France and Spain are about 2.5 years longer than us and among the world top 10-15. We’re around 40thLittle diffeeence across Western Europe between 81 and 83
Surely that's common sense though? If he eats the same but isn't doing the same physical graft then that's going to happen.We used to do a lot more physical work in this country, so having fish and chips, calorie dense puddings etc was fine as you were burning it off. Then the country shifted to much more sedentary work but the food remained and the portion size increased.
Case in point Mrs BSB’s dad was a builder for 30 years until his hip gave in. Now he’s stopped, he’s putting on lots of weight by eating the same stuff he did before.
For my insomnia, the options the GP gave were either pills or to join a big waiting list for CBT. I opted for the pills, worked for a while then I got used to the dose and they don’t work anymore. So in light of having enough humans to offer a service, the pills will always win.
As for personal responsibility, in this country we seem to make it so easy to get obese yet berate people for succumbing. Workplace culture of offering cake and biscuits, big portions in the shop/restaurant/takeout, high calorie food from when the country did more manual work, ‘always finish your plate’ etc etc. As someone who has tried to and did lose a lot of weight on his own, it struck me how difficult it is every day to eat responsibly when we have so many societal pressures/incentives not to.
It’s the same argument though “oh take from here and shift around there” deckchairs on the titanic without a shift in understanding of how we’ve got to shift taxes on working people to pay for ultimately their own care later in life (even if that’s not how it actually works).
We’ve got a generation with little property or pension wealth fast coming down the tracks towards retirement too. And a complete lottery of inheritance to decide who gets it, both in terms of class and late life illness, that’s if they haven’t already retired before their parents die.
The weather there is better and they work less hours, (according to the unions) their health professionals are better, (our Dr's are prescribers not doctors) and of course their attitude to drinking is different.Italy, France and Spain are about 2.5 years longer than us and among the world top 10-15. We’re around 40th
The standard working week in Italy is 40 hours.The weather there is better and they work less hours, (according to the unions) their health professionals are better, (our Dr's are prescribers not doctors) and of course their attitude to drinking is different.
There are many many factors that can make a big difference.
Massively increasing the defence budget while capping child benefit and stopping the winter fuel allowance and cutting welfare payments is totally immoral.Agreed, Ive also said many times before I think everyone needs to accept we need to pay more tax. Where we might differ is I think we also need to spend it more wisely as well
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