Author Archives: Maureen
Carers who can’t ask for help
The 2001 census revealed there were 22,000 carers in the borough, yet only 1,500 carers in Wokingham have been formally assessed
By Julie Spencer
November 25, 2011
For one carer, it is easy to understand why people in a similar situation may be reluctant to ask for help and advice.
She has been looking after her 90-year-old mother for eight years with the support of her husband and thinks it might take those new to the role some time to “work out a plan to live by”.
The carer, who asked not to be named, said: “I think we have forged a blueprint for our life which isn’t perfect but it is the only way we are comfortable.”
NHS Trust spending on carers to be scrutinised
“This cannot go on – and the NHS knows something serious must be done to root out poor care.”
24 November, 2011 | By The Press Association
NHS trusts will be forced by the government to say how they spend cash intended for carers after research suggests it does not always reach the frontline.
Ministers have pledged £400m between 2011 and 2015 to help England’s five million carers.
But research from the Princess Royal Trust for Carers and Crossroads Care found spending on carers by primary care trusts has fallen by £2.4m this year.
Cancer cash wasted on NHS salaries
Cancer care on the NHS lags behind that in many other developed countries because Labour wasted billions of pounds on PFI schemes, bureaucracy and inflated salaries for managers, the Health Secretary will say on Thursday.
By Rebecca Smith, Medical Editor
10:00PM GMT 23 Nov 2011
A report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has found that, despite record spending on health care, cancer survival rates in Britain are worse than in Slovenia and the Czech Republic.
Survival rates for breast cancer, prostate cancer and cervical cancer were below the average for the 34 developed countries in the study.
