of cases will be with us for years. not unrelated to covid, a cost of living crisis was developing. it was only made worse by the war in ukraine, which pushed up energy prices and caused real concerns for those whose health depends on equipment that uses a lot of electricity. i m just sick of having to make choices, and they have to be the right choices. if not, it s my health that s going to be affected, at the end of the line. and i don t want to be any more poorly. laura has been battling kidney disease since she was seven and has already had two kidney transplants. now she needs another. it s running the cost of the dialysis machine. it s constantly filtering the water, and that waterjust gets wasted. she depends on dialysis, where a machine carries out
laura was having dialysis at home, but the machine uses so much electricity and water, the mounting bills have forced her to switch to a local hospital. i would say that it s the straw that broke the camel s back, really, was the cost of running the dialysis machine, the water it uses, the electric. i just. it was adding to my anxiety, like, how am i going to pay to do this treatment every month? it s a very worrying time. that s a lot to cope with. yeah, my little dog helps a lot with that. it s hard, but i ve been ill a long time now, so ijust try and live life as best i can. and now gps and front line health care workers are warning rising costs are starting to have a much broader impact. those cost of living impacts are onlyjust filtering through. the people who are on the lowest incomes will be feeling them now. at grey road surgery in north liverpool, gp drjanet bliss and her team have for years seen how poverty can
which pushed up energy prices and caused real concerns for those whose health depends on equipment that uses a lot of electricity. i m just sick of having to make choices, and they have to be the right choices. if not, it s my health that s going to be affected, at the end of the line. and i don t want to be any more poorly. laura has been battling kidney disease since she was seven and has already had two kidney transplants. now she needs another. it s running the cost of the dialysis machine. it s constantly filtering the water, and that waterjust gets wasted. she depends on dialysis, where a machine carries out the filtering processes that would normally be done by the kidneys. without dialysis, i think they say they live like. if you live past seven days, then it s.. that s how serious it is.
broke the camel s back, really, was the cost of running the dialysis machine, the water it uses, the electric. i just. it was adding to my anxiety, like, how am i going to pay to do this treatment every month? it s a very worrying time. that s a lot to cope with. yeah, my little dog helps a lot with that. it s hard, but i ve been ill a long time now, so ijust try and live life as best i can. and now gps and front line health care workers are warning rising costs are starting to have a much broader impact. those cost of living impacts are onlyjust filtering through. the people who are on the lowest incomes will be feeling them now. at grey road surgery in north liverpool, gp drjanet bliss and her team have for years seen how poverty can badly affect health. living in that kind of chronic stress does really bad things to your blood pressure and to your metabolism and can lead to illnesses like diabetes.
i m just sick of having to make choices, and they have to be the right choices. if not, it s my health that s going to be affected, at the end of the line, and i don t want to be any more poorly. laura has been battling kidney disease since she was seven and has already had two kidney transplants. now she needs another. it s running the cost of the dialysis machine. it s constantly filtering the water, and that waterjust gets wasted. she depends on dialysis, where a machine carries out the filtering processes that would normally be done by the kidneys. without dialysis, i think they say they live like. if you live past seven days, then it s.. that s how serious it is. laura was having dialysis at home, but the machine uses so much electricity and water, the mounting bills have forced her to switch to a local hospital. i would say that it s the straw that