Monthly Archives: March 2012
Care home residents moved out of home for their safety
Residents of a Lowestoft care home moved out because of state of cleanliness of their rooms
Friday, March 2, 2012
1:39 PM
Residents of a Lowestoft care home were moved out yesterday evening because of the state of the cleanliness of residents’s rooms.
The 15 residents of Orme House Residential Care Home have been relocated to other homes in the area by Suffolk County Council.
The move came after an inspection by environmental health officers by Waveney District Council.
The officers had visited the building after someone contacted the district council over concerns over health and safety issues linked to wiring and electrical equipment.
Phil Harris, district council spokesman said; “However on entering environmental health officers realised there were far greater concerns environmental health concerns.
All Carers need help – not cuts
How can anyone consider cutting support for carers?
The Conservatives may have stepped back from the brink of disaster by postponing cuts to the budget for supporting Young Carers – young people who devote incredible love and care to looking after their relatives who are disabled or otherwise in need of constant support.
The way this decision has been trumpeted to the press is thoroughly misleading. The Conservative councillor in charge gives the impression that he wants to improve the service rather than cut it. “Our current service is patchy and we need to improve it”.
Well, we discovered at the Somerset County Council meeting last week just why it was patchy. He had deliberately failed to reappoint front-line staff providing vital support, when they left, or provide cover for long-term absence. Now we know.
The reinstatement of a £75,000 cut is just a temporary measure, taken from reserves because he has been forced to think again. It all needs to be put in the context of the rest of the £582,000 cut in “integrated services for children and families” that was taken, with another £581,000 planned for next year.
The importance of mental health is finally beginning to be recognised
Seeking some consensus on mental health
01 March 2012
The importance of mental health is finally beginning to be recognised – but we still have a long way to go, says Paul Jenkins, who will chair Public Service Events’ A New Approach to Mental Health conference
An issue that affects one in four of the population and costs society an estimated £101bn every year ought to be pretty prominent in the minds of the public and policy makers. But mental health has struggled to capture the attention and priority it deserves.
