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Scotland: Patients get new right to treatment within 12 weeks
Patients get new right to treatment within 12 weeks
An independent advice service has also been set up for NHS patients across ScotlandPatients have a legal right to receive treatment within a maximum 12 weeks of diagnosis under new laws.
It means those who need planned inpatient or day case treatment will be covered by a treatment time guarantee.
They will have a legal right to receive it within a maximum of 12 weeks from when they are diagnosed and agree to the treatment.
The guarantee is one of the rights in the Charter of Patient Rights and Responsibilities.
Cutbacks to leave disabled man without care
Cutbacks to leave man without care?
Andrew Battenberg of Woodhall Spa
A DISABLED man deemed homeless could be left without social care provided by Lincolnshire County Council.
Andrew Battenberg, of Stixwould Road, Woodhall Spa, said the county council has threatened to remove his Lincolnshire Assessment and Reablement Service (LARS) care, and he will have to replace it with direct payments to the NHS or engage with other care services.
LARS provides care to a large number of families in the area who could also be affected.
Andrew was involved in a serious car accident in 2009 and, as a result, needed to make necessary changes to make his Woodhall Spa home accessible.
More than 2600 carers will benefit from £1m of funding for short breaks
Carers to benefit from £1m of government funding to pay for short breaks
More than 2600 carers will benefit from £1m of funding for short breaks, the Scottish Government has announced.
The latest round of cash from the Creative Breaks programme will support in excess of 60 projects, giving carers the chance to enjoy activities such as residential weekend stays and daytime breaks.
The more than 190 projects supporting about 9000 carers have benefited from funding for short breaks in the past.
Public health minister Michael Matheson said there were “considerable pressures on adult and young carers” and it was important the government supported them.
