Posts Tagged ‘NHS Future Forum’

Ministers Back Calls to Quiz Dental and Medical Patients about Lifestyle Choices

Ministers Back Calls to Quiz Dental and Medical Patients about Lifestyle Choices

Ministers have backed proposals to quiz dental and medical patients about their lifestyle choices. The NHS Future Forum released a report suggesting that dentists, nurses, doctors and other healthcare workers should take every opportunity to talk to patients about the choices they make and pay particular attention to four key areas, including diet, exercise, alcohol […]


Doctors, Nurses and Dentists Urged to Quiz Patients About Their Lifestyle

Doctors, Nurses and Dentists Urged to Quiz Patients About Their Lifestyle

Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley, has been urged to advise dentists, doctors and nurses to quiz their patients about their lifestyle choices, in a bid to improve their social, mental and physical wellbeing. The NHS Future Forum issued the advice. The report recommended all NHS staff to “make every contact count” and said that doctors, nurses, […]