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Inside: Bristol's Private Mental Health Services Opinion
Opinion: ‘The NHS sends too many mental health patients to hospital for expensive, ineffective care’
People are being sent away to private mental health providers for specialist treatment, but this often means poorer outcomes at higher costs, says occupational therapist Keir Harding.
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Losing myself: my experiences of psychiatric hospitals
My time in hospitals kept me alive when I was unable to do that myself, but it came with its own set of wounds. Now, I want to be part of changing the system.
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Green homes investment can benefit everyone in a post-Covid world
Adapting the UK’s housing stock is crucial to tackling climate change, and the task can create jobs in an economy harmed by coronavirus. By using and sharing our city’s expertise, Bristol can show the way forward.
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Living with OCD during a global health crisis
Back to normality? Not for those among us who have an uphill battle ahead of them. We spoke to Hannah, who lives with severe symptoms of OCD, to hear about her life during Covid-19.
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Opinion Coronavirus In Bristol Herd Community
‘Coronavirus means it’s never been more important to deal with the scandal of killer cold homes in Bristol’
Spring is bringing warmer temperatures now, but the COVID-19 pandemic has added an extra reason to act on living conditions that cause thousands of preventable deaths each winter, says Sarah Becker
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Doctor’s scathing criticism of PPE guidance that has put NHS staff at risk
The local NHS has responded well to the pandemic, but inadequate PPE has led to staff being hospitalised, according to a Bristol doctor working on the frontline of coronavirus.
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Migrants are 1 in 6 of Bristol’s coronavirus hospital heroes. But many are charged to use NHS.
Thousands of local hospital staff are from 109 countries across the world, but many are charged to use the NHS they work in.
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Where are my patients? GP speaks out about non-covid-19 health problems
A Bristol GP shares her concerns that the drop in patients calling the surgery during coronavirus could lead to more serious illnesses down the line.
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Revealed: Bristol care workers speak out amid confusion and scramble for PPE during covid-19 outbreaks
New data reveals 60 care home residents have died from coronavirus in two weeks, but some homes with outbreaks haven't had more residents tested.
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Care work: What next for the forgotten frontline of coronavirus?
As care homes are a new epicentre of the pandemic, we celebrate the historically overlooked, undervalued care sector and ask what needs to change after the pandemic.
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A message from a tired healthcare worker for all of us clapping for carers tonight
An NHS healthcare worker got in touch with us to share his thoughts on the Thursday night clap for the NHS.
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Bristol History Podcast Podcast
Bristol History Podcast: Bristol and the 1918 ‘Spanish’ Flu Pandemic
Arriving at the end of the First World War, the 1918 ‘Spanish’ Flu was one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, killing between 40...
