Author Archives: Maureen
Times & NHS Campaign: Carers urged to get flu jab
CARERS across Coventry are being urged to get their flu jabs before it’s too late.
They are the latest “at-risk” group to be targeted as part of NHS Coventry’s campaign which is being backed by the Times.
As carers come into contact with vulnerable and sometimes elderly people, the NHS is warning that for them flu could be deadly.
1st – 30th November Lung Cancer Awareness Month
1st – 30th November Lung Cancer Awareness Month
Lung cancer is the UK’s biggest cancer killer, claiming the lives of more than 33,500 people in the UK every year – more than leukaemia, breast and prostate cancer combined – yet it receives a mere 3% of all money spent on cancer research in this country.
The British Lung Foundation believes it is vital that this balance is redressed in order that people with lung cancer receive the best possible treatment and care available.
GPs take up slack for social care cuts
01 Nov 2011
Exclusive Dramatic cuts to social care budgets are placing practices under mounting pressure, with GPs forced to send patients to hospital because there is nowhere in the community for them to go, a Pulse investigation reveals.
Council-funded physiotherapy, speech and language therapy, elderly care and mental health services are among the victims of an average 4.7% cut in council social care budgets across England, with practices increasingly left to pick up the slack for axed services.
Key services for vulnerable patients – including legal aid, welfare services and public health campaigns – are also being hit.
This month saw Manchester City Council become the latest authority to announce millions of pounds of social care cuts, with services for the elderly, disabled, mentally ill and victims of domestic violence hit by a fresh round of cuts totalling £8.6m.
