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

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

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

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

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

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

Global economic crisis 'linked to suicide rise' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24123677

Call for free vitamins for children http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24641796

Recession hits family spending on fresh food http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24773201

UN expert to hear disabled people’s austerity testimony

http://disabilitynewsservice.com/2013/11/un-expert-to-hear-disabled-peoples-austerity-testimony/

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

Food poverty 'now a health emergency' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25201759

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

Poor areas suffer 'inactivity pandemic' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25959582

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

A 'third of UK adults struggle' to afford healthy food http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27110613

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

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

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

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

Worst-hit GP surgeries to gain bailout as NHS admits reforms strike poor hardest

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/worsthit-gp-surgeries-to-gain-bailout-as-nhs-admits-reforms-strike-poor-hardest-9667439.html

Meals on wheels provision in England drops by 63% http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30664937