Pause For Thought

two former prime ministers and a member of the royal family are among celebrities sending signed mementoes, supporting a care home’s campaign to help people with dementia

The Coalition of Carers in Scotland is this week launching its appeal for new members of its “Lived Experience Experts Panel”

Over 30 million sign-ups for the NHS App have been recorded. Recent downloads have also brought an extra 448,000 decisions to donate organs

It’s hoped this new approach will free up the hospital beds sooner and assessing the person in a more natural environment to help identify how independent they are

The badges will allow donors to log on to their online NHS Blood and Transplant account, share their life-saving achievements online and encourage others to become donors

n an 18-month trial 1800 people in the early stages of Alzheimer’s were given the drug Lecanemab

Stefan Harding collapsed and was found by his carer who stayed calm, called for an ambulance, gave him his medication and oxygen and got him in the recovery position

More than 40 beds will be created at Derriford Hospital, 11 extra beds at Barnstaple, 37 more at Torbay Hospital and 18 at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital.

Gout is a form of arthritis and a quarter of a million people have been treated in hospital for it over the last year