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North of the country will be the first to get the new PIP benefit
(UKPA) – 1 hour ago
Disabled benefit claimants in the north of England will be the first to receive the Government’s new personal independence payment (PIP).
Ministers are scrapping the disability living allowance handout for two million people of working age and replacing it with the PIP which will involve an individual assessment in a bid to cut down on overpayments.
However amid wrangling as the Welfare Reform Bill went through Parliament earlier this year, the Department of Work and Pensions agreed to stagger its introduction.
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust will host the launch a national campaign Triangle of Care
Triangle of Care March event
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS trust to launch drive to involve health care staff, people with mental health needs and their carers Edited by Jane Hill editor@wellbeingnorfolk.co.uk
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust will host the launch a national campaign Triangle of Care, that calls for better involvement between health care staff, service users and their carers.
The event, which takes place on Friday 23 March 2012 is part of a wider–program of events organised to mark the public launch of Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust.
Death of a Nightingale – a Play not to be missed!
Another special school faces closure… Why does its head teacher attempt to take her own life? And what is the impact of this on those around her?
Death of a Nightingale is a provocative play within a book. It is like a matryoshka doll. It tells a human story with a challenging interplay of fact, fiction, satire and commentary . It brings to life dry-as-dust issues important in education and, maybe, even more important beyond it. Which is the wiser mantra in education – Equality or Equity? How far does declaring a “Right” provide the protection of “a Right”? Is this generation properly mindful of the legacy it is bequeathing?
“Compelling, controversial and confrontational” Len Parkin The Teacher
“A searing tale of a fight to save SEN school which drove head teacher to brink of suicide”
Kerra Maddern, Times Educational Supplement
http://www.deathofanightingale.com/
