Monthly Archives: May 2011
Norfolk hospital’s drive to improve dementia care
Norfolk hospital’s drive to improve dementia care
By KIM BRISCOE, Health correspondent Wednesday, May 25, 2011
10.03 AM
“More About Me” – Dementia project at the James Paget University Hospital, Gorleston. It focuses on improving hydration and nutrition for patients. The project uses the forget me not flower as it logo. Sarah Hay, Barry Pinkney and Ali Thayne
A tiny blue flower has become the symbol of a Norfolk hospital’s pioneering project to improve care for dementia patients.
Wales ‘behind’ on independence for disabled people
24 May 2011 Last updated at 16:33
Wales trails the UK in helping disabled people to live independently in the community, says a charity.
Disability Wales told a Westminster inquiry that the lack of a Welsh strategy on independent living disadvantages disabled people.
The inquiry is discussing whether changes to the law are needed.
A Welsh Government spokesperson said that improving services for disabled people across Wales remained a priority.
Paul Burstow meets MPs from APPG on M.E.
Paul Burstow meets MPs from APPG on M.E.
Four members of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on M.E. – Annette Brooke MP, Ian Swales MP, David Amess MP and the Countess of Mar – met with care services minister Paul Burstow on 10 May to discuss services for people with M.E.
Annette Brooke opened the meeting by saying that, although the APPG had recently heard promising news from Professor Stephen Holgate on M.E. research, little if any improvement in NHS care has occurred for people with M.E. since the APPG reported the finding of its Inquiry in 2010
