BRITAIN’S back pain sufferers are facing a postcode lottery when it comes to treatment or pain relief, according to new research. Latest figures show that millions of Britons suffer the agony of lower back or neck pain.
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Back pain: Sufferers facing postcode lottery for treatment or pain relief
GETTY – STOCK Back pain treatment is subject to a postcode lottery But a new report from the British Chiropractic Association shows that our chances of curing or even just reducing the pain, depend upon where we live in the UK. The research found significant differences in the number of people experiencing long term back […]
Return of the postcode wars: How UK govt allowed London to be carved up into gangland
Knife crime was coming down just a few years ago, but now London is gripped by an epidemic of attacks. Teenagers are being killed and children caught up in drive-by shootings in some of London’s most poverty-stricken boroughs. In one week, eight people were stabbed to death, and this weekend, a girl aged 17 was […]
Postcode lottery: Some women are twice as likely to die from breast cancer
A POSTCODE lottery of care means some women are more than twice as likely to die from breast cancer depending on where they live.
REVEALED: Your postcode defines how SAFE your food is
With around 500,000 food poisoning cases a year, the latest Which? research reveals there is still a huge variation in food hygiene standards across the country, with one in five high or medium risk food establishments failing to meet requirements. Which? found that in 20 local authority areas the chances of someone buying from a […]
