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February was National Heart Month
North Norfolk MP Norman Lamb had a chance to find out about the work of the British Heart Foundation (BHF) on a visit to the charity’s Sheringham shop.
Because February was National Heart Month, the health minister contacted the BHF head office and asked to meet staff and volunteers at Sheringham.
“The organisation does brilliant work, both in raising vital funds and campaigning,” he said. “There is a lot of work to do in our communities to raise awareness and to let people know what they can do to save lives.”
Mr Lamb, who entertained supporters at last year’s Lib Dem conference by performing a Vinny Jones-style hands-only CPR to the beat of the Bee Gees’ Stayin’ Alive, chatted with staff, volunteers and customers at Sheringham.
What would a ‘Dementia Village’ look like?
Department of Health to build ‘Dementia Village’ at Healthcare Innovation Expo
The Department of Health (DH) is hosting a major dementia event at the Healthcare Innovation Expo at ExCeL London on 13 and 14 of March 2013. A dedicated area of the exhibition hall will be devoted to a ‘Dementia Village’ to showcase good practice and innovation in dementia care, dementia friendly communities and research. This is an artist’s impression of what the village will look like:
The village will contain a main stage for speakers, a village green and bandstand with leisure and entertainment activities to get involved in, and a house demonstrating ways that we can support people with dementia and their carers to live well.
Carers of vulnerable children will be forced to take on the council without help
Carers and special guardians set to lose right to family court legal aid
12:11pm Monday 4th March 2013 in News By Omar Oakes, Chief Reporter
Carers of the most vulnerable children will be forced to take on the council by themselves in court.
From April, legal aid will not be available to people trying to go through the family courts, unless in very special circumstances.
Merton Council has come under fire for not providing support to special guardians, legally appointed to look after children if they have already lived with them for a significant amount of time.
In July 2012, a High Court judge ordered Merton to change its policy of underpaying special guardians after a former civil servant was being short-changed by £250 a month.
