Coming from a family where both parents smoked, and with more than one family member dying from lung cancer, I have taken the conscious decision not to smoke. I want to be able to see my… View Post
Working in the NHS I am aware of the implications a simple cough and cold can have on the elderly and vulnerable. I’m sure you have all seen the ‘coughs and sneezes spread diseases’ posters… View Post
This is quite a personal subject for me as it was domestic abuse that eventually split my parents up. At the tender age of 5 years old my Dad in a fit of rage as… View Post
20 Facts About Headlice – Headlice are so common that phrases like ‘nit picking’ and ‘lousy’ are part of our everyday vocabulary. Yet despite one in ten school children catching head lice every year, they remain a rather taboo subject with many parents.… View Post
Working in a hospital I am surrounded by the threat of infection all the time but by taking simple precautions you really can help to stop the spread of germs. Wash your hands as soon… View Post
New research reveals key times to teach your little one simple hand hygiene habits Insights from new research sponsored by Dettol have found that play time makes up almost half of a toddlers day, with… View Post
Meningitis Research Foundation, Meningitis Trust and Meningitis UK have come together, with support from Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Limited, to launch the Keep Watching campaign. Meningitis: Keep Watching is a campaign highlighting that children… View Post
It’s National Eczema week 15th – 23rd September 2012 to coinside with this a new website developed by E45 the National Eczema Society that hopes to help parents manage childhood eczema. Eczema effects one in… View Post
Being a northerner at heart I have to say that I do miss the rolling hills of the countryside, well that is until the summertime. I’m very lucky in that I live 5 minutes walk… View Post
We all moan about our NHS, myself included and I work for them! However I don’t think we always appreciate how lucky we really are. I was reading on another blog the other week about… View Post