Author Archives: Maureen
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.
Elderly care should be better regulated, says nursing leader
Unskilled health care assistants are caring for the elderly in a system that has failed to adjust to ageing patients, according to the chief executive of the Royal College of Nursing.
8:20AM GMT 29 Feb 2012
Dr Peter Carter called for an overhaul of care services in which older people are looked after by health care assistants who have not had specialist training.
He said elderly patients were as dependent as children but their needs were not reflected in the ratio of nurses to patients.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Dr Carter said: “In children’s nursing, the ratio of registered nurses to children is one to four. In elderly nursing, it is one to 10.
Bradford Council error leaves Thornbury pensioner in debt
“What if I couldn’t pay my carers and they didn’t come?
9:20am Monday 27th February 2012 in Bradford
A bedridden pensioner has been sliding into debt and unable to pay her essential carers because a clerical error by Bradford Council left her bank account empty.
Care company Bluebird Agency, supporting Joanne Goodship, 78, of Thornbury, Bradford, has been footing the bill for her care because of the problems which have left her £4,000 in arrears.
