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National disability charity Vitalise says that the shock findings of a new Alzheimer’s Society report into residential care for people with Alzheimer’s and dementia point to an even deeper problem.

Responding to the Alzheimer’s Society’s new report, ‘Low Expectations’, which found that only 41% of relatives of loved ones with Alzheimer’s or dementia said they enjoyed a good quality of life in residential care, Vitalise’s research has revealed that the problem extends to people with other disabilities and their carers too.

Vitalise’s research found that 6 out of 10 carers (...

Smokers in Devon are being encouraged to "swap fags for swag", and consider the financial benefits of quitting, on the 30th anniversary of No Smoking Day on Wednesday 13 March.

Nearly one in six adults in the UK smoke, including 18 per cent in Devon. But figures show two thirds of them want to quit.

In Devon, smokers are being encouraged to take this a step further and spend their new found cash on a new healthy habit – getting active.

Leisure centres across Devon will be offering special promotions to help smokers ditch the cigarettes for good and get into exercise...

Devon writer Kate Vane's crime novel Recognition has been published on Amazon Kindle.

Kate, who works in Exeter, has previously written TV drama and short fiction. This is her first novel.

Recognition features a trauma counsellor, Nat Keane, who is asked to work with the family of a murder victim. However, she has history with them – she was a police officer on the original investigation who became over-involved with the family.

Nat soon learns that the guilt of the convicted man is being called into question. As she is drawn into the family’s secrets, she is...

Early access to hip replacement is cost-effective and provides significant benefits for patients' quality of life, a study has shown.

Ruben Mujica-Mota, from the University of Exeter, carried out research comparing early access and delayed hip replacement surgery in Italy on behalf of the European Health Technology Institute for Socio-Economic Research (EHTI).

His findings, which are now published in the journal Value in Health, demonstrate both the cost-effectiveness of early hip replacement, as well as the benefits for patients.

The expert says that delaying hip...