Author Archives: Maureen
Cancer awareness roadshow in Norwich
Cancer awareness roadshow in Norwich
by EMMA KNIGHTS
Friday, June 3, 2011
6.30 AM
A campaign raising awareness about the symptoms of cancer is urging people to visit their doctor if they think they have any of the signs.
The Be Clear on Cancer campaign – which has a roadshow in Norwich today – hopes to save lives by making people more aware about possible signs of breast, lung and bowel cancer.
Man’s complaints over dying wife’s care upheld
2 June 2011 Last updated at 13:26
Melrose man’s complaints over dying wife’s care upheld
The council agreed that the length of visit times by ILS staff was not adequateA council has upheld a number of complaints from a Borders pensioner about the day care services provided for his dying wife.
David Jamieson, of Melrose, told carers to leave his home after they failed to wear protective clothing when treating critically-ill wife Elspeth.
After her death in December last year he made a series of complaints.
The elderly and vulnerable must be protected at all costs
The elderly and vulnerable must be protected at all costs
Thursday, 2 June 2011
Care homes are not ordinary businesses that can safely be allowed to go bust
The signs point to a care crisis. BBC’s Panorama this week exposed the horrendous abuse of people with learning difficulties at Winterbourne View, a private care home in Bristol. Meanwhile, Southern Cross, which runs 750 elderly care homes, has lurched deeper into financial turmoil. Southern Cross has told its landlords that, unless it is permitted to reduce its rent payments, insolvency looms.
