After developing back pain last October, musician Joey Clarkson took that time-honoured step and began using a hot water bottle to ease it while she waited for an appointment to see her GP.
Psoriasis is an autoimmune condition where the immune system attacks healthy skin cells, speeding up the rate at which they are renewed, causing crusty, red plaques on the skin.
Anyone who has ever had to navigate the NHS as a patient or carer will no doubt know the frustration and fear often caused by this vast organisation s woeful inability to communicate within itself.
Around three million Britons are listed on their medical records as having suffered a reaction to penicillin, making it unsafe for them to take it to treat infections, such as dental abscess and meningitis.