North West Health

A common interest to us all is health. Our own health, our loved ones' health and the future of the nation's health all concern everyone of us and as British citizens it's the NHS at the centre of the picture.

The picture however, in today's media, is usually bleak. We're constantly being fed disaster stories on how the NHS has failed us and how the standard of care has dropped to what is often described as a 'catastrophic' level.

My blog is going to discuss and debate primarily 'social health issues', such as obesity, cigarette addiction and alcoholism, possibly the most dicussed and debated about health issues in contemporary media outputs.

The NHS has its own way of dealing with these issues, and like any national service - sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

The North West region will be the main focus throughout the blog, although national issues will quite often be the centre of discussion.