Older people risk mental decline if they do long hours of caring, UK study shows
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The stresses and strains of caring for someone for 50 hours or more a week leads to “accelerated cognitive decline” in middle-aged and older people, research shows. By 2040, around 20% of adults in England will be living with major illnesses. With the NHS struggling to cope and social care in crisis, much of this growing demand for care will fall on family members and friends who step in as unpaid carers.
The MHRA published the findings of the National Commission into the Regulation of AI in Healthcare's Call for Evidence, the most substantial assessment yet of how the UK should regulate AI in health and care. The Commission is the independent advisory group…
Hospices across England are being offered access to a new NHS-backed AI programme designed to give doctors and nurses more time with patients during the final stages of life.
The initiative will provide selected hospices with free access to CLEARnotes,…