Category: Blog
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My personal journey with tinnitus
To mark Tinnitus Week 2025, DPA Interim President Andrea Shoetan shares her experience of tinnitus, a hearing condition that can range from mildly irritating to debilitating I have suffered from tinnitus since childhood but had no idea, as I thought everyone heard beeps and airplane noises in their ears. Ironically, it was my medical screening…
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1997 changed my life
4th February is World Cancer Day – Bedfordshire Police Cultural Intelligence Lead & DPA Executive Committee member Samantha Alexander talks candidly about how the illness affected her family The call came, that startling call – you know the one? It frightens you by its unexpectedness. Out of the blue, it turns your world upside down.…
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Blue Monday
by Angus DavidsonCommunications Officer | Disabled Police Association Today, the 20th January is Blue Monday What is Blue Monday?First introduced in 2005, Blue Monday is the “most depressing day of the year”. It typically falls on the third Monday of January. Is Blue Monday backed by science?As of January 2025, no. It was created by…
