Despite the outcry that followed the news that Syke Community Base was in danger of closure, the Base has now had official confirmation that they are to lose all of the funding that made the Base viable.
A group of disabled people from Chesterfield took to the streets this week to highlight the issue of access to shops.
The government has missed its target to recruit 2,500 community matrons to care for people with long-term conditions such as diabetes and asthma. The highly-trained nurses' care was intended to stop patients yo-yoing between GPs and hospitals in England.
Adding antibiotics to standard drug therapy may slow down the progress of multiple sclerosis, research suggests. Patients showed fewer symptoms, and fewer signs of tissue damage when they took the antibiotic doxycycline alongside the MS drug beta interferon.
Elderly people in England are to be given cash to fund their own social care, the health secretary has said.
Commenting on reports that the Government is planning on giving elderly people grants to pay for their own care, Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Secretary, Norman Lamb MP said:
