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Health Advice for Travel Abroad, Medical conditions Your insurer must be fully informed of any pre-existing medical issues which might invalidate your policy if not notified: Remember ...
Medical reports in British general practice [ 1 ] Purpose Examples Legal proceedings to advance patient care Child protection reports, recommendat...
Personal Health Budgets, You don't need to have a personal health budget. What are personal health budgets? A personal health budget is an agreed amount of...
Help With Health Costs, How can people on a low income apply for help with health costs? Some people on a low income may qualify for help with NHS health costs. Your enti...
Physical Activity For Health, What are the health benefits of physical activity? The health benefits of doing regular physical activity have been shown in many studies. ,...
Cardiovascular Health Risk Assessment, Who should have their cardiovascular health risk assessed? All adults aged 40 or more. Adults of any age who have: A strong fami...
You will need a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) from your home country (unless you are from Switzerland). If you do not have an EHIC you may be charged for treatment.
Consent to Treatment in Children (Mental Capacity and Mental Health Legislation), Signing a consent form is not obligatory but a written record that the main issues have been covered does off...
Ethnicity and Health, Ethnicity and health - is there a problem? Black and minority ethnic groups in the UK have worse health outcomes in many areas than the general popu...
Sexual Health, Sexual health includes a broad range of important health issues (see below under the section 'Sexual health needs'), many of which are considered prio...
You will need a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) from your home country (unless you are from Switzerland). If you do not have an EHIC you may be charged for treatment.
Health and Social Class, There will be a new integrated public health service - Public Health England. The Department of Health will publish documents in 2011 on...
Poverty and Mental Health, There is a growing contribution of mental health problems to the global disease burden - neuropsychiatric disorders now account for about 13% of the total. [ 1 ] ...
Antenatal Mental Health Problems, Specialist multidisciplinary perinatal teams should be available in all areas to provide direct services, consultation and advice to maternity services, othe...
The different ways to fund a medical negligence claim include: Legal expenses insurance. There are some insurance policies (for example, house insurance policies) that...
Consent To Treatment (Mental Capacity and Mental Health Legislation), The Mental Capacity Act (2005) formalises the area assessing whether the patient is mentally capable of making the deci...
Advising against travel will make it difficult, if not impossible, for patients with health issues to obtain travel health insurance, and may therefore prevent their trip. T...
Better rates of insurance policies. You are likely to feel good about yourself. So, if you have decided you would like to try to quit, see our separate leaflet called Quit Smoking (...
Payment of the grant is conditional upon you providing evidence that you have received health advice from a health professional (GP, midwife or health visitor). This advice ...
Life expectancy is not affected and life insurance is not affected. There is even some evidence that people with Gilbert's syndrome live longer and are heathier than people who don't ...
