Health
In association with Specsavers

Spain gives menstrual leave to workers with ‘disabling periods’ – why can’t UK?

Spain gives menstrual leave to workers with ‘disabling periods’ – why can’t UK?
Malnutrition impacts half a million and costs the NHS billions. UK government needs to ‘wake up’

Malnutrition impacts half a million and costs the NHS billions. UK government needs to ‘wake up’
Breaking Down Barriers: How Big Issue and Specsavers are Making Eye Care Accessible for Homeless Vendors

Breaking Down Barriers: How Big Issue and Specsavers are Making Eye Care Accessible for Homeless Vendors
Change to ‘alcohol-free’ drinks ‘could improve nation’s health’ – but it’s ‘not enough on its own’

Change to ‘alcohol-free’ drinks ‘could improve nation’s health’ – but it’s ‘not enough on its own’
GPs ‘struggling to treat homeless people’, study finds

GPs ‘struggling to treat homeless people’, study finds
Community vision: bringing eye care to the people who need it most

Community vision: bringing eye care to the people who need it most
Specsavers partners with Big Issue to provide free eye care for vendors

Specsavers partners with Big Issue to provide free eye care for vendors
What are ultra-processed foods? The health risks explained

What are ultra-processed foods? The health risks explained
Simple steps which ease stress and anxiety to get yourself out of a funk

Simple steps which ease stress and anxiety to get yourself out of a funk
How can you cope with money worries in the cost of living crisis? We asked experts at leading mental health charities

How can you cope with money worries in the cost of living crisis? We asked experts at leading mental health charities
Pollen bomb: Why your hay fever is so bad this year – and how you can beat the symptoms

Pollen bomb: Why your hay fever is so bad this year – and how you can beat the symptoms
Dr Ranj Singh: ‘If you want to be 100 per cent happy, just be yourself’

Dr Ranj Singh: ‘If you want to be 100 per cent happy, just be yourself’
Meet Will, author, bookworm and Big Issue vendor, getting new glasses through our partnership with Specsavers

Meet Will, author, bookworm and Big Issue vendor, getting new glasses through our partnership with Specsavers
What is social prescribing and could it help ease the NHS mental health crisis?

What is social prescribing and could it help ease the NHS mental health crisis?
Could a 17-minute phone call with a stranger help cure loneliness? A new app aims to do just that

Could a 17-minute phone call with a stranger help cure loneliness? A new app aims to do just that
Alcoholism gave me two heart attacks and liver disease – but since finding recovery I’m fitter than ever

Alcoholism gave me two heart attacks and liver disease – but since finding recovery I’m fitter than ever
‘I’ve had the worst diagnosis. Now I want to raise awareness of brain cancer’

‘I’ve had the worst diagnosis. Now I want to raise awareness of brain cancer’
Sex education faces a misinformation crisis, says TikTok pioneer Sophia Smith Galer
