Author Archives: Maureen
Workshops for mental health service users and carers
Workshops for mental health service users and carers
Date Posted: 23/Jul/2011 19:32
By: John Gregory
WORKSHOP sessions for mental health service users and their carers will take place at the iMuseum in Douglas next month.
Hospital visitors told to consider speaking to relatives via Skype
The families of patients at an NHS trust have been urged to consider speaking to them via the internet rather than making bedside visits.
11:25AM BST 22 Jul 2011
The scheme, being proposed by Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, is intended to save money among relatives who receive travel expenses.
Mental health patients in Berkshire are due to be relocated from Ascot, Maidenhead and Slough to Reading.
Respite time blow hits young carers
Young carers are being deprived of a few hours of valuable respite.
12:00pm Friday 22nd July 2011
YOUNG people who struggle to fit their school and social lives around caring for sick loved ones have said Oxfordshire County Council is failing to live up to its pledge to support them.
Their claims come as Oxford Carers Centre has refused to bid for a new six-month council contract, saying County Hall’s terms will let down vulnerable young people.
