Monthly Archives: August 2011
A wonderful man working with social media to help the homeless
Social Media helping homeless people
Carers are also invisible people!
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Colourful parade raising funds for Russells Hall Hospital
All dressed up for carer cash
12:40pm Wednesday 3rd August 2011
A COLOURFUL parade of fancy dressed fundraisers caused a stir walking through Dudley on Sunday in their bid to raise cash for Russells Hall Hospital.
The group are all friends and family of Andrew Darby, who suffered a serious motorcycle collision on Dudley Road, Sedgley, in September last year.
The crash left Andy with severe brain and body injuries and he spent almost four months on the Intensive Care Unit of Russells Hall Hospital, with relatives now raising funds as a thank you to them for saving his life.
More money needs to be spent on improving radiotherapy
Cancer Drugs Fund is money ill-spent, say radiographers
David Cameron’s flagship Cancer Drugs Fund has been attacked by radiographers who say that if just “a fraction” of its £200 million budget was spent on improving radiotherapy, “the impact would be immense”.
For some time radiographers have felt ignored while chemotherapy drugs which in many cases only prolong life by a matter of months have received enormous press and political attention.
Before last year’s general election Mr Cameron came up with the idea of allocating £200 million a year to give patients access to drugs turned down for NHS funding by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice).
While popular, the fund is controversial because some cancer specialists believe the money could be better spent elsewhere.
