Monthly Archives: February 2012
Long Term Conditions Outcomes Strategy can bring benefits for people with hearing loss
Government in hearing loss pledge
A London-based charity has welcomed the Government’s commitment to put hearing loss at the forefront of its ongoing strategy to improve health outcomes for people with long-term conditions.
Action on Hearing Loss said it is “delighted” that the Department of Health will consider how its Long Term Conditions Outcomes Strategy can bring benefits for people with hearing loss.
Health Minister Paul Burstow said he recognises the charity’s Hearing Matters report as an important step in raising the profile of hearing loss and confirmed that he has asked officials to consider how to take hearing loss on board as the Government’s strategy develops.
Care Campaigners in Norfolk must keep shouting
Care campaigners urged to keep fighting for Norfolk’s vulnerable population
Richard Wheeler Saturday, February 11, 2012
6:30 AM
Opponents of the cuts to Day Centres proposed by Norfolk County Council summarising their views at the press conference in the Curve at the Forum, Norwich. Liberal Democrat James Joyce speaking.Photo: Steve Adams
Care campaigners have been urged to keep “fighting, complaining and yelling” to stop services for thousands of vulnerable people being decimated by government cutbacks.
And people in Norwich are helping to lead the action by calling on Norfolk County Council to waive demands for £80,000 so they can create a new community centre.
The Friends of the Silver Rooms has now agreed to compile a report explaining why the council should give the building, in Silver Road, north Norwich, to the community without charge.
Saga chief calls for social care funding to be ring-fenced
Saga chief calls for social care funding to be ring-fenced |
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| Date of article: 10-Feb-12
Saga’s chief has called for social care funding to be ring-fenced and said it is ‘dangerous’ for the government to deny there is a care crisis. At a recent Health Select Committee hearing, care minister, Paul Burstow, denied there is any shortfall in care funding, insisting that by 2014/15, an extra £7.2bn will have been allocated to councils for social care. In addition, the Minister claimed that ‘efficiency gains’ of 3.5 per cent a year will, combined with the extra spending, mean there is enough money to cope with rising demands for care. However the cash that is being given to local authorities has not been ring-fenced and some councils have admitted they have been using it for other purposes. |
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