Monthly Archives: May 2012

Two thirds of charities axing jobs due to funding cuts

Charities are axing jobs and services and some risk closing down because of Government cuts, research has revealed

29 May 2012

Charities are axing jobs and services and some risk closing down because of Government cuts, research has revealed.

A study of more than 100 charities in England and Wales showed that two-thirds were cutting frontline services and three out of four were making staff redundant.

North Norfolk branch of Multiple Sclerosis Society receive new bus

North Norfolk branch of Multiple Sclerosis Society receive new bus for day centre group

By DONNA-LOUISE BISHOP, Reporter Monday, May 28, 2012

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A group supporting people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) received a new bus today (Monday) to help provide transport to their weekly day centre in Southrepps.

The north Norfolk branch of the MS Society purchased the bus following a bequest left by Fakenham resident Donald Belsom after his wife was diagnosed with the neurological condition.

The bus will be used to transport members to the day centre, Life and MS (LAMS), which meets every Monday in the village hall and for outings in north Norfolk.

Hospitals discharging homeless people onto the street

More than 70 per cent of homeless people are being discharged from hospital back onto the streets in England, damaging their health and costing the NHS money, new Homeless Link and St. Mungo’s report indicates.

Improving Hospital Admission and Discharge for People who are Homeless

Quote startWe call on all the NHS to take a step to end homelessness by ensuring everyone has somewhere suitable to go when they leave hospital.Quote end

(PRWEB UK) 28 May 2012

The report has found that NHS staff can improve health outcomes for homeless people and save the NHS money by ensuring all patients have somewhere appropriate to stay when they are discharged from hospital.

Paul Burstow, Care Services Minister, acknowledged these findings during a visit to the Pathway homeless team at University College Hospital (UCH) in London today (28 May). The dedicated homelessness team at UCH were named as an example of best practice in the report, which comes from an in-depth study of 85 homeless people, hospitals, local authorities and homelessness agencies.