ACh helps the brain to work properly. Rivastigmine slows the breakdown of ACh, so it can build up and have a greater effect. However, as Alzheimer's disease gets worse, there will be less and less ACh, so rivastigmine may not work as well. This medicine is available only with your doctor's prescription.
This compares to an employment rate of 72.9 per cent in England for the same quarter. Last year in Q1 2013 Scotland had an employment rate of 71.8 per cent (highest) and England had an employment rate of 71.6 per cent (second highest), giving a gap of 0.2 percentage points in favour of Scotland.So over the year the gap has shifted by 0.4 percentage points to Scotlandâs benefit.The employment rate has increased in Scotland over the year by 1.7 percentage points, larger than the 1.3 percentage point increase in employment rate seen in England.o over the year the gap has shifted by 0.4 percentage points to Scotlandâs benefit. The employment rate has increased in Scotland over the year by 1.7 percentage points, larger than the 1.3 percentage point increase in employment rate seen in England.
Image caption Researchers said the number of people in low-paid jobs had risen, with average incomes falling by 8% since their peak in 2008. More working households were living in poverty in the UK last year than non-working ones-for the first time, a charity has reported. Just over half of the 13 million people in poverty-surviving on less than 60% of the national median (middle) income-were from working families, it said. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation said low pay and part-time work had prompted an unprecedented fall in living standards.