Author Archives: Maureen
What is it like to hear voices?
Hearing Voices
Mental health professionals usually define hearing voices as a symptom of medical illness. Many people who hear voices are able to live with them and may consider them a positive part of their lives. Many people hear voices but never find them a problem or need to seek help from mental health services.
“Unacceptable delays” for arthritis treatment
People are facing “unacceptably long” delays to receive treatment for rheumatoid arthritis, according to a survey of eight European countries.
6:30AM BST 04 Aug 2011
It found patients in England waited 21 weeks for treatment, well in excess of the three month “therapeutic window” in which it is best to treat to maximise chances of a good outcome.
Break charity to close Rainbow holiday centre in Sheringham
Holiday centre for disabled to close.
By Alex Hurrell , Reporter Thursday, August 4, 2011
12.00 PM
Break is to close its Rainbow Holiday Centre in Sheringham, once the flagship of the major north Norfolk-based charity.
Rainbow’s 30 staff were told this week that the Hooks Hill Road centre will close in January 2013 after providing a welcome to thousands of children and adults with disabilities for the past 38 years.
