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Austerity Affecting Health (22nd Oct 12 at 9:06pm UTC)
Malaria has returned to Greece as financial cuts contribute to the re-emergence of a once extinct disease.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/greece/9626423/Malaria-returns-to-crisis-torn-Greece.html
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Re: Austerity Affecting Health (16th Nov 12 at 10:36pm UTC)
Is this a hidden danger of recession? More Britons are being scalded in hot water bottle accidents because they don't want to turn the heating on

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2233731/Number-scaldings-rise-Britons-choose-hot-water-bottles-turning-heating.html#ixzz2CQaS2IFl

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Re: Austerity Affecting Health (20th Nov 12 at 11:51pm UTC)
Woman spends eight days in hospital with agonising burns and needs a skin graft after hot water bottle bursts in bed

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2235646/My-hot-water-bottle-left-hospital-agonising-burns-burst-bed.html#ixzz2CoHQHhkl

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Re: Austerity Affecting Health (21st Nov 12 at 11:20am UTC)
Britain must put food back on the table
Produce is increasingly expensive and scarce. It is time for a food policy rethink to escape a nutritional recession

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/nov/21/britain-food-on-table
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Re: Austerity Affecting Health (4th Dec 12 at 10:26pm UTC)
Cash-strapped Greek health service in crisis as hospitals run out of gloves and gowns

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2242978/Cash-strapped-Greek-health-service-crisis-hospitals-run-gloves-gowns.html#ixzz2E7nVibJZ

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Re: Austerity Affecting Health (26th Dec 12 at 5:52pm UTC)
Germany 'exporting' old and sick to foreign care homes
Pensioners are being sent to care homes in eastern Europe and Asia in an austerity move dismissed as 'inhumane deportation'

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/26/german-elderly-foreign-care-homes
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Re: Austerity Affecting Health (18th Sep 13 at 8:51am UTC)
Global economic crisis 'linked to suicide rise' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24123677
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Re: Austerity Affecting Health (24th Oct 13 at 8:32am UTC)
Call for free vitamins for children http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24641796
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Re: Austerity Affecting Health (4th Nov 13 at 10:09am UTC)
Recession hits family spending on fresh food http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24773201
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Re: Austerity Affecting Health (17th Nov 13 at 11:27am UTC)
UN expert to hear disabled people’s austerity testimony

http://disabilitynewsservice.com/2013/11/un-expert-to-hear-disabled-peoples-austerity-testimony/
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Re: Austerity Affecting Health (18th Nov 13 at 9:30am UTC)
Malnutrition cases in English hospitals almost double in five years

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/malnutrition-cases-in-english-hospitals-almost-double-in-five-years-8945631.html
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Re: Austerity Affecting Health (4th Dec 13 at 9:39am UTC)
Food poverty 'now a health emergency' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25201759
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Re: Austerity Affecting Health (7th Dec 13 at 12:58pm UTC)
Britain's poor 'will die before they retire' if pension reforms aren't matched by health improvements

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/britains-poor-will-die-before-they-retire-if-pension-reforms-arent-matched-by-health-improvements-8989446.html
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Re: Austerity Affecting Health (31st Jan 14 at 2:10pm UTC)
Poor areas suffer 'inactivity pandemic' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25959582
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Re: Austerity Affecting Health (28th Mar 14 at 5:15pm UTC)
How can we tackle malnutrition in the UK? Discussion roundup
Expert advice from our online discussion on how to tackle adult malnutrition in the UK

http://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2014/mar/28/tackle-malnutrition-uk-discussion-roundup
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Re: Austerity Affecting Health (23rd Apr 14 at 9:07am UTC)
A 'third of UK adults struggle' to afford healthy food http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27110613
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Re: Austerity Affecting Health (28th May 14 at 8:28am UTC)
Economic crisis may have intensified obesity epidemic, report finds
OECD thinktank's report says people may have switched to cheaper and less healthy foods because of financial hardship

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/may/27/oecd-obesity-epidemic-economic-crisis
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Re: Austerity Affecting Health (28th May 14 at 8:32am UTC)
Antidepressant use soared during recession in England, study finds

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/may/28/-sp-antidepressant-use-soared-during-recession-uk-study
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Re: Austerity Affecting Health (12th Jun 14 at 9:39am UTC)
How suicides soared during the recession: 10,000 lives were taken in Europe and North America during recent financial crisis
Before the recession, suicide rates had been falling, say researchers
The increase in suicides was four times greater among men than women
In Europe suicide rates rose by 6.5%, in the U.S. they rose by 4.5%


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2655170/The-financial-crisis-caused-10-000-suicides-Europe-North-America-study-shows.html#ixzz34PrU3cA8
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Re: Austerity Affecting Health (9th Jul 14 at 1:19pm UTC)
Economic downturn wipes out 30pc of care for elderly and disabled
One in four elderly and disabled people relying on care feel cut off from the outside world as official figures show 515,000 fewer people even receiving care in England since the economic downturn hit

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/elderhealth/10954176/Economic-downturn-wipes-out-30pc-of-care-for-elderly-and-disabled.html
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