Cost of living: Student nurse could quit over money
Claire Akaeze says rising costs of food and bills are making it challenging as she studies. Source link
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Breast cancer: Living life after treatment
It included six rounds of chemotherapy, 15 sessions of daily radiotherapy, a year of targeted therapy of the wonder drug Herceptin, 18 months of injections into my stomach of Zoladex; multiple breast operations, reconstructions and surgery to remove my ovaries. Source link
Cost of living: GP concerns over rise in signs of malnutrition
Dr Dooley, who is based in Port Glasgow in Inverclyde, said: “We’re seeing a lot of cases where people come to us feeling a whole diverse range of presentation – fatigue, tiredness – and when we’re investigating, we’re finding signs of malnutrition.” Source link
Cost of living: Man gives £10,000 to charity after seeing woman’s story on the BBC
Anne Vivian-Smith is disabled and struggles to pay her bills – her story prompted a generous donation from one reader. Source link
Cost of living with food allergies becoming ‘unbearable’
Prices of supermarket staples are rising at the fastest rate in decades, hitting “free from” shoppers hard. Source link
Cost of living: Charity warns of mental health pandemic
Mental Health Foundation say financial concerns can cause people to sleep and exercise less. Source link
Cost of living: Patients refuse sick notes over lost pay worry – GPs
GPs say there is clear evidence of the negative impact of the cost of living on patients’ health. Source link
Cost of living: ‘It’s hard to eat proper food’
Young people speak to Newsbeat about how rising prices are impacting the food they can eat. Source link
Cost of living crisis: ‘I am shivering while I’m on dialysis’
Two people explain the worries the row over benefit rises is having on their lives. Source link
Cost of living: ‘I’ve been left without carers for five months’
High petrol prices are driving carers from the sector, leaving people who rely on them without support. Source link