Monthly Archives: December 2011
£70m specialist emergency care hospital will be the first in the country
Northumbria plans first specialist UK A&E hospital
New specialist hospital will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week and will cater for rural areas from 2014
A new £70m specialist emergency care hospital is due to be built in Northumbria and will be the first of its kind in the country.
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust said it was looking for a construction company to build the new hospital from next year, which will be the first to have specialist A&E consultants on site 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The trust has earmarked a site alongside the A189 near East Cramlington, with the aim of ensuring fast access from rural areas of Northumberland.
Money floods in to help Norfolk’s elderly pay their heating bills
Charities fear more and more will fall into the poverty trap as bills rise and incomes fall.
Chris Bishop and Alex Hurrell Monday, December 5, 2011
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Hundreds of grants have been made to some of Norfolk’s neediest elderly people, as money floods in to an appeal to help them meet their heating bills.
How to apply for help
Applications for help from the Surviving Winter campaign are being processed by Age UK Norfolk.
Age UK’s Jasmine Toombs said a decision would normally be made within days of receiving a call.
“We’ll have a chat about their circumstances, so we understand how best we’re able to help them,” she said.
Payments are usually made within a week to 10 days.
Care for the elderly this Christmas
Christmas can be a difficult time for older people, reinforcing feelings of loss and loneliness
By Ben Spencer
Published on Monday 5 December 2011 09:29
FOR most people Christmas is a time for joy.
But while families are pulling crackers, opening presents and tucking into their Christmas dinner, the festive period can be a time of dread for many older people.
Sheffield Hallam University occupation therapist Claire Craig, an expert in elderly people’s health, said: “Christmas is a time when people and families come together.
“But for people who are on their own it is the worst possible time.
