The UK is generally regarded as a free and liberal country, but when it comes to drugs it’s not always all that free and liberal. A good example is the availability medical marijuana (or lack thereof). Medical marijuana is a drug that has helped relieve pain for many people that [...]

Right now there are over 10 million people in the UK who are over 65 years old. These numbers are expected to increase over the next 20 years. People are living longer and healthier lives and the older generation is a huge part of our society. Even so, a number of [...]

In order to ensure a balanced development of mental health systems that cater to both men and women equally, the Gender Equality and Women’s Mental Health Programme was established in 2004 by the NIMHE. The central goal of this programme is to ensure that the mental health systems that are [...]

The Equality Act of 2010 combined different laws from the past into one all-encompassing edict. The law makes it unfair to discriminate in the UK based on 9 different characteristics. Unfortunately, research has documented that there are inequalities in the distribution of health care by gender, ethnicity, age, social class [...]

Everyone of us requires healthcare at different times of our lives. It is just a fact of life that we will at some point need to visit a doctor, a dentist or even receive treatment in a hospital or medical facility. All of us need to have fair and equitable [...]

In order to simplify and clarify anti-discrimination practices in the UK, in 2010 by an act of parliament a new law was enacted that encompassed and replaced previous anti-discrimination laws with a single act. The new law was called the Equality Act of 2010. This new law took into account the [...]