Author Archives: Maureen
New ID cards recognise the role of young carers
Nottingham is only the second place nationwide to have the cards, after Lincolnshire.
TEENAGER Claire Machin knows everything there is to know about her mum’s rare condition.
The 16-year-old has been a carer for her mother Sarah Cross for as long as she can remember.
She does everything from helping her to wash and get dressed, to massaging her legs and making sure she takes her medication.
Sarah, 35, has Addison’s disease, a rare condition which means that her body does not produce adrenaline.
Cancer support group in jeopardy
THE future of a vital service, which has supported thousands of people affected by cancer throughout Northumberland, has been put in doubt after crucial funding has been discontinued.
The Northumberland Macmillan Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) Welfare Benefits service, which started in 2007, looks set to close county-wide at the end of March, unless major help is found. A slimmed-down version may still be offered in parts of the region, with one CAB representative saying he is ‘absolutely certain’ that attempts will be made to keep it going somehow.
Fight for M.E sufferers
Fight for M.E sufferers
8:40am Thursday 16th February 2012 in
Britain’s M.E. patients are simply too ill to fight the ignorance, injustice and neglect they face from Government, parts of the NHS, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), employers, teachers and sometimes even family members.
