Type 2 Diabetes

NHS is looking for volunteers with type 2 diabetes to trial new online service

Healthy Living is a free online NHS service for people living with Type 2 diabetes, which provides knowledge and information that will support you to manage your condition. It is looking for volunteers to provide feedback on the service before it is launched nationally.

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Online Library Resources

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Mental Health

Have existing inequalities made mental health of BAME groups worse during the COVID-19 pandemic?

A survey by the mental health charity Mind found that existing inequalities in housing, employment, finances and other issues have had a greater impact on the mental health of people from different BAME groups than on white people during the pandemic

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COVID-19

People are missing their daily commute in lockdown – here’s why

The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked a unique experiment in mass homeworking. It’s the first time since before the industrial revolution that most people are working in the same space that they live. As lockdown begins to ease, the debate is shifting to how and when people will return to the office – if at all. A major obstacle seems to be fears of commuting. The thought of getting on a crowded train in the middle of a pandemic doesn’t sound very appealing. And yet one of the intriguing findings from a new research project into how people have coped with the experience of homeworking has been the number of people who say they miss their commute.

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