Policy

Policy Policy is a set of principles, guidelines, frameworks and actions that are intended to set standards for the behaviour of individuals, groups and...

The Effectiveness of Exercise Referral Schemes

The Effectiveness of Exercise Referral Schemes   Physical inactivity (PIA) is responsible for nearly 8% of non-communicable diseases worldwide and 1/6 of deaths in...

The Social Determinants of Health

Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the factors that fall outside of biological or genetic, that impact upon health (Bambra et al., 2010). They...

ME/CFS Awareness Leaflet

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is a chronic disease that is characterised by disabling fatigue, pain, exertion intolerance, cognitive challenges and sleep...

3 Psychological Factors That Impact Upon Living With Chronic Illness

Chronic illness affects up to a quarter of people in the United Kingdom (The King’s Fund, n.d.) and many of those illnesses are invisible,...

Blood Pressure

Blood pressure and it’s measurement. Cardiovascular disease is currently the leading cause of death in the world (World Health Organisation , 2017) and high...

ME/CFS An introduction and how the medical industry has failed sufferers.

What is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? Chronic Fatigue or ME/CFS is a complex multi-system illness, characterised by debilitating fatigue, body wide pain, and exercise intolerance...

Areas of interest

I have many areas of interest in the realms of the health and wellness industry so I’m using this blog as an opportunity to...

An Introduction To Health and Wellbeing

What does being healthy actually mean? The World Health Organisation’s definition of health is: “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social...