Monthly Archives: June 2011
Coroner calls for lessons to be learned following Norfolk man’s death
Coroner calls for lessons to be learned following Norfolk man’s death in ‘horrific’ circumstances
By PETER WALSH Thursday, June 30, 2011
10.07 AM
A coroner has demanded lessons be learned after social services failed to check on an 82-year-old man with Parkinson’s disease who was then found dead in “horrific” circumstances.
Social services staff were supposed to check on Kenneth Mills four times a day, but they failed to do so and his son faced the “terrible trauma” of finding his father dead and his frail mother lying in her own urine next to him.
Waiting for Dilnot
Waiting for Dilnot
Tags: Care | Dilnot | Health | Public spending.
The Dilnot report on July 4 is likely to recommend a partnership between the individual and the state to meet the costs of long-term care. Now the coalition needs to turn words into action
With the report of Andrew Dilnot’s independent Commission on Funding of Care and Support just days away, hopes are high that it will provide solutions to an issue that has stubbornly resisted previous efforts at reform – going way back to the 1999 Royal Commission established by Tony Blair’s government.
Sophie Countess of Wessex to support Warrington Disability Partnership
Sophie Countess of Wessex to support Warrington Disability Partnership
11:36am Wednesday 29th June 2011
ROYALTY will honour the work of Queens Award for Volunteer winners for their tireless dedication to Disability Awareness Day (DAD_ next week.
The Countess of Wessex will meet with volunteers at Walton Hall and Gardens as preparations are under way for this year’s event after accepting an invitation from event organisers Warrington Disability Partnership.
