As the recent party conferences and Scottish referendum have proved, health and social care are at the centre of political attention – and will be crucial in general election campaigns. This is with good reason: we are in a period of challenges where health services are concerned. Many NHS trusts are already significantly in deficit, and the strain is beginning to show across the country.
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Charity unleashes Easter egg chicks
HAND-knitted Easter chick covers for Cadbury crème eggs
by Lesley Tate, Senior Reporter
HAND-knitted Easter chick covers for Cadbury crème eggs have proved a run-away success for Craven charity Carers Resource.
For the past seven years, an army of volunteer knitters have produced more than 10,000 gaily decorated covers in time for Easter.
Charity Terapia holds Downton Abbey themed ball
A glittering Downton Abbey themed ball took people back to the 19th Century as they tried to raise money to save a mental health unit.
Child psychology charity Terapia, in Watford Way, Hendon, held the event to help restore The Bothy, a Grade Two-listed building in the gardens of Stephens House and Gardens, East Finchley.
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