Annual Prescription Reviews & Patient Rights
Are annual prescription reviews mandatory? Learn your rights across the UK, including consent, blood tests, mental health medication, self-isolation, and GP accountability.
What is the Better Care Fund?
Discover how the Better Care Fund integrates health and social care to support individuals and unpaid carers, offering essential services like respite care and short breaks. Learn about eligibility and how this vital programme can benefit you.
Future Generations Wales, Welsh Language & Heritage
Discover how the Welsh language, heritage, and wellbeing can shape future generations in Wales, and how DisabilityUK.org and DisabledEntrepreneur.uk are working with communities and local businesses to build inclusive, sustainable opportunities for all.
Helping Future Generations in Wales Through Health and Wellbeing
Discover how DisabledEntrepreneur.uk and DisabilityUK.org support health and wellbeing in Wales through community action, mental health initiatives, youth empowerment and inclusive entrepreneurship, aligned with the Well-being of Future Generations framework.
Helping Businesses Become More Sustainable
Learn what the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act means in practice, and how DisabledEntrepreneur.uk and DisabilityUK.org aim to support mental health, youth communities, and sustainable local well-being.
Life-Saving Cancer Treatment Under Threat as Appeal Challenges NHS Decision
A formal appeal has been lodged after NICE withdrew access to Tecartus, a pioneering CAR-T cancer therapy, from NHS services in England and Wales. Learn why this decision matters for patients with rare lymphoma.
Your Rights as a Mental Health Patient
Mental health patients have legal rights. Learn about reasonable adjustments, consent, ableism, coercion, and how to handle controlling GPs under UK law.
Cardiff University Mental Health Research
Cardiff University’s Mental Health Research Institute leads world-class research into mental ill health and neurodegenerative disorders, translating innovation into better therapies across the lifespan.
Can Forgetting Compulsions Help Heal OCD and Trauma?
Stress can play a major role in memory lapses, especially for people living with OCD and trauma. When the mind is overwhelmed by anxiety, daily pressures, or too many competing tasks, it can become harder to focus on intrusive thoughts or compulsions. Preoccupation with other responsibilities may naturally push the urge into the background, allowing it to fade over time. In this way, stress and distraction, although challenging, can sometimes disrupt the cycle of OCD by creating moments where the compulsion is forgotten.
Contrast Dye in Medical Imaging Dangers
The UK sees ~20–30 deaths from anaphylaxis per year, and about half are iatrogenic (triggered by medical treatments such as drugs and, rarely, radiocontrast media). That means a real, though small, number of UK deaths each year fall into the “medical cause” category.