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Kensington’s
Bupa Cromwell
opens UK’s most luxurious
hospital suites
Bupa Cromwell Hospital, a
landmark on Cromwell Road for
over 30 years, has a worldwide
reputation for clinical excellence. It
now offers the ultimate healthcare
environment to match this quality of
care as the ultra-luxurious Royal and
Presidential suites are unveiled.
The Royal and Presidential are
amongst the most luxurious hospital
suites in the world. Made up of large
inter-connected rooms, with separate
dining and lounge areas, they have been
furnished to the highest standards and
bring a new level of service quality to
UK private healthcare. Patients have
access to a host of services, including a
VIP Coordinator and round trip airport
transfers.
The Cromwell attracts patients from
across the globe, who come to take
advantage of its high calibre consultants,
clinical reputation and location a stone’s
throw from Knightsbridge. The new
suites are expected to attract high profile
patients, from international royalty to
London residents who demand the very
best.
Philippa Fieldhouse, General
Manager of Bupa Cromwell Hospital,
comments; “Whilst quality of care
will always be our first priority, we
understand that some of our patients
expect the highest level of service and
comfort in every aspect of their life,
and there is no reason why they should
compromise when they need it most.
“The new Royal and Presidential
suites are the centrepiece of our wider
hospital redevelopment, and I have
no doubt that they will be extremely
popular”.
Whilst best known for carrying out
complex surgery such as liver and kidney
transplants, as well as cutting edge
cancer and heart care, Bupa Cromwell
Hospital also offers local residents an
exceptional resource for everyday health
requirements. There are in-house GPs,
a full diagnostics service with same
day appointments, and highly regarded
paediatric outpatient department.
Bupa Cromwell Hospital is a 5
minute walk from Gloucester Road
and Earls Court, or 10 minutes from
Kensington High Street.
www.bupacromwellhospital.com.
Prevention not
Restoration
How a new dental clinic in
Kensington is changing the
way we see dentistry
Ms Vaida Buksnaityte Founder and director, Oral Health Network Ltd
What is Oris Oral Health Centre?
Oris is more than just a dental clinic.
It’s an alternative for people looking for
more from their dental practice.
We provide patients with a complete
and holistic approach to their oral health
that focuses on preventing dental disease
and improving their overall health as a
result.
We provide preventative, restorative
and cosmetic dentistry and a tailor made
service that can prevent oral health
problems before they become a painful
and costly issue for our patients.
What is prevention in dentistry?
We recognise not everyone will be
at the same risk from developing dental
problems. Factors such as lifestyle, diet,
oral hygiene and genetics can play a role
in what happens to your teeth and gums.
With over half the UK suffering
from gum disease, we exist not just to
treat dental problems but to work with
patients to reduce the likelihood of these
problems occurring. We assess each
patient and provide an individual plan to
keep their teeth, gums and body healthy.
How do you approach dentistry
holistically?
We believe the mouth, teeth and
gums are an integrated part of your body
and its system. By promoting a healthy,
natural and toxin free lifestyle, our clinic
helps patients achieve the balance their
body needs to maintain a healthy oral
environment.
What makes Oris unique in
Kensington?
Our passion for prevention extends
beyond the clinic. We stand uniquely
within the Kensington area as a dental
clinic for the local community, providing
preventative dental services and oral
health education.
We work with schools, businesses
and families to improve understanding of
prevention so the people of Kensington
can achieve the best oral health possible
for themselves and their families.
T: 020 7938 2378 e: info@orisohc.
co.uk www.orisohc.co.uk
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When panic
attacks
Stop panicking,
it will pass
By Lynne McGowan
I was prompted to write this article
after hearing a radio program on which
was described a daughter’s distress after
witnessing her elderly father, about to
retire, in a highly panicked state. Three
days were spent trying to calm and keep
him safe until he could be attended to
professionally, but for all concerned they
would have been a very challenging few
days.
Having experienced a full-blown
panic attack, I can verify it is a pretty
alarming phenomenon but back then
I had absolutely no idea what was
happening or what was causing it. Dizzy
with visceral fear and feeling as though
my mind had shattered into a thousand
fragments, I could only foresee my
future life collapsing domino-like into
blackness. It all sounds highly dramatic
on paper but afterwards with equanimity
fully restored, I made a personal vow
to learn how it came to be and never to
repeat the experience again.
Panic attacks are known to be
....in reality things
nearly always turn out
to be not so bad.
associated with major life losses and
transitions, such as entering the
workplace or beginning retirement,
but severe stress and anxiety is also a
common cause, manifesting as either an
irrational, projected fear of the future or
regressive fear of the past.
For mental health as with physical
health, it is better to be forearmed
and aware that panic attacks often
happen when anxiety related stress is
allowed to rise and continue unchecked.
The sensation of panic is perfectly
natural and is the body’s only way of
communicating ‘Enough!’, forcing you
to ease off. It wants to recalibrate and
return to its natural base line of balance.
Because, although it has been trying
to communicate with you for weeks or
months with little warning signs such as
tension in the neck, low moods, anxious
thoughts, and disrupted sleep, you have
not been listening. In fact, not only have
you been ignoring it but also accelerating
anxiety levels further by seeking solace in
stimulants and indulging in all manner
of unwise ways.
Of course we all like to be in control
of our minds and when the nervous
system decides to take charge to do its
job it can be surprising and traumatic.
The panic state occurs when the
sympathetic nervous system is alerted by
the primitive brain (not distinguishing
between real fear and irrational fear) and
signals for the release of hormones like
adrenaline and cortisol, preparng you to
fight or flee. It is worth noting constant,
prolonged spurts of these hormones
unbalances the immune system, deplete
‘feel good’ neurotransmitters like
serotonin and so fuelling feelings of
anxiety and nervousness further.
It’s helpful to make friends with your
nervous system, in the primeval past it
will have enabled you to escape a sabretoothed
tiger and survive. Take pity on
your poor little adrenal glands, that have
been used and abused and put under so
much pressure. They are only the size
of a grape sitting there on top of each
kidney, multitasking away.
And if by chance you are caught off
balance and swept up in a fearful frenzy
with the rapid breaths, palpitating heart,
sweating, tingling palms, and a mind
swamped with negative data, panic
not, you are not going crazy; accept it
for what it is, only a panic attack and
it will last a few minutes, twenty at the
most, and then it will slowly deflate
and die down. Don’t go to battle and
fight it, go with the flow, float and ride
the waves breathing deeply and slowly
saying to yourself ‘it’s ok, it will pass,
it will pass’, and sure enough it does.
Mindful breathing is key in allowing
you to be centred in the present and not
to anxiously project forward, thinking
the worse when in reality things nearly
always turn out to be not so bad.
www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety.../
understanding-panic-attacks
Illustration © Lynne McGowan (after Mel Calman)
CALM raises
awareness of male
suicide rates
By Fergus Coltsmann
International Men’s Day, while perhaps
not celebrated or even observed by most,
passed on the 19th of November. But
the Campaign Against Living Miserably
(CALM) marked the day by handing out
Oyster Card holders as a part of their
Mind the Chap campaign.
The campaign aims to raise
awareness of the fact that suicide is the
biggest single killer of men aged under
45 in the UK. In partnership with
TOPMAN and Octopus Investment,
they handed out 23,000 holders across
twelve London stations.
Male suicide rates are historically
higher than in the female population,
with the latest data supporting this trend.
In 2014, 76% of all suicides were by men,
making the male suicide rate three times
higher than the female rate. Over 4500
men kill themselves every year in the UK
around 12 a day.
A YouGov poll conducted on behalf
of CALM revealed that 42% of men
responded that they had considered
suicide, with 41% responding that they
never talked about their issues. Jane
Powell, CEO of CALM, said of the poll:
“The results of this research, together
with the latest mortality statistics,
show that we urgently need to raise
the nation’s awareness of this hugely
important and under-discussed issue.
“This isn’t an issue which affects
‘other people’ or one that can be solely
reasoned to mental health issues,
considering suicide is clearly something
many men will consider should their
life circumstances change. Of those
men polled, the largest proportion of
those who’d thought about suicide never
actually talked to someone about it and
the reasons they didn’t talk reinforce the
norms of what society think it is to ‘be a
man’ – not to talk about their feelings or
make those around them worry.
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