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Long Term Conditions Outcomes Strategy can bring benefits for people with hearing loss
Government in hearing loss pledge
A London-based charity has welcomed the Government’s commitment to put hearing loss at the forefront of its ongoing strategy to improve health outcomes for people with long-term conditions.
Action on Hearing Loss said it is “delighted” that the Department of Health will consider how its Long Term Conditions Outcomes Strategy can bring benefits for people with hearing loss.
Health Minister Paul Burstow said he recognises the charity’s Hearing Matters report as an important step in raising the profile of hearing loss and confirmed that he has asked officials to consider how to take hearing loss on board as the Government’s strategy develops.
Care Campaigners in Norfolk must keep shouting
Care campaigners urged to keep fighting for Norfolk’s vulnerable population
Richard Wheeler Saturday, February 11, 2012
6:30 AM
Opponents of the cuts to Day Centres proposed by Norfolk County Council summarising their views at the press conference in the Curve at the Forum, Norwich. Liberal Democrat James Joyce speaking.Photo: Steve Adams
Care campaigners have been urged to keep “fighting, complaining and yelling” to stop services for thousands of vulnerable people being decimated by government cutbacks.
And people in Norwich are helping to lead the action by calling on Norfolk County Council to waive demands for £80,000 so they can create a new community centre.
The Friends of the Silver Rooms has now agreed to compile a report explaining why the council should give the building, in Silver Road, north Norwich, to the community without charge.
Why are people with Down’s Syndrome at high risk of Alzheimer’s
Study launched into Alzheimer’s link to Down’s
A £1 million study has been launched to investigate why people with Down’s syndrome are at high risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
The brain-imaging study is being carried out by Cambridge University researchers as the syndrome is one of the few disorders in which sufferers can expect the early onset of dementia to develop.
