Author Archives: Maureen
Media group to launch commercial lottery
27 September 2011 Last updated at 12:36
A new commercial lottery intended to raise £50m a year to tackle health inequalities will be launched later.
The Health Lottery, run by Northern & Shell media company which owns Express newspapers and Channel 5, will offer a £100,000 top prize.
It will donate over 20p per £1 ticket to charity, compared with 28p for every National Lottery ticket.
The charitable donation has been described as a “pretty disgraceful development” by a charity chief.
NHS reveals burden on emergency services
In 2009-10, 39,000 people who used A&E were not given any treatment.
Published on Sunday 25 September 2011 13:32
PEOPLE attending county hospitals when they did not need to cost tax payers £3.4m last year, it has been revealed.
More than 65,000 people left A&E departments at Kettering General Hospital and Northampton General Hospital without receiving any treatment.
A similar problem is people dialling 999 inappropriately, and health officials are trying to educate residents about when they should dial 999 or use A&E and when they should use other facilities.
Kent social care cuts affect thousands
24 September 2011 Last updated at 09:58
Carers’ supporters said the changes would affect the most vulnerable people
More than 3,000 people in Kent will be affected by cuts in social care services for adults in their own homes.
Kent County Council (KCC) will charge for mental health services, day care and transport for the first time and reduce other payments.
The changes, approved on Friday, will cut council spending by £3m a year.
