Trans Health Papers, also mine and other writings on all issues of Health & Social Care.

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Transgender experiences - information and support for trans people, their families and healthcare staff

A guide to hormone therapy for trans people

Trans People's Health

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Should complementary therapies be provided as part of the NHS?  What are the barriers to this happening?

by Carol Robson

 Is there a place within the National Health Service (NHS) for complimentary and alternative medicine (CAM)?  Can complementary therapies halt the crisis in the NHS?   Perhaps there is a place for the more recognised forms of CAM.  That in certain areas of traditional medicine there is a place for alternative therapies to work alongside with them.  Can the basic education of people, in eating well and reduce their stress levels.  These should be seen as the simple rules for overall good health levels.  As it says in the article (Here’s Health CAM and the NHS) ‘These are the basic principles of a complementary approach to health, where a prescription is more likely to mean taking an active interest more in health and lifestyle than just taking a pill’. to read full article click here