The number of people living with cancer in Scotland is almost quarter of a million - and growing. Many cancer survivors feel they are not getting the help they need; staff shortages in the National Health Service (NHS) could be contributing to this situation.

The Chief Executive of Macmillan Cancer…

We know surprisingly little about how effective or cost-effective dental interventions are. For example, in the UK each year people have over 15 million scale and polish treatments on the NHS. Yet, there is no strong evidence that scale and polish prevents poor dental health or that scale and polish…

Falls and older people

Falls are a common and serious occurrence for everyone and are more common in older people. One in three community dwelling people aged 65 years or over fall at least once per year. Falls can lead to injury, fractures, disability, poorer quality of life, loss of…

Each year HERU hosts up to three paid Interns in the Unit to build health economics capacity and contribute to our research projects. We sat down with this year’s interns, Jeanne Armand (left) Cameron Owens (middle) and Jennifer Martin (right), to talk about their time at HERU.

Jeanne is a 3rd year…

Persistent (or chronic) pain has been defined as pain lasting longer than 3 months. It has also been described as pain that lasts longer than expected after healing time. It is thought to affect 20% (or 1 in 5) people in Scotland. For those living with it, persistent pain can…