Up to 300 frontline staff at NHS Direct could lose their jobs as the service tries to cut costs, according to the Royal College of Nursing (RCN).
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Brave people demonstrating in London for disabled people everywhere
Disabled campaigners block central London over Welfare Reform Bill
Sunday 29 January 2012
Wheelchair users brought one of central London’s busiest junctions to a standstill by chaining themselves together in the middle of Oxford Circus, blocking the turning into Regent Street.
The demonstration was organised by the direct action group UK Uncut and disability campaigners, to protest against the Government’s proposed Welfare Reform Bill, which campaigners say will disadvantage thousands of people by cutting allowances and benefits.
My wife was scared she would get dementia like her mother
‘She was so brave’: Husband’s words after wife killed herself fearing she was getting dementia like her mother
Last updated at 12:13 PM on 28th January 2012
A woman jumped to her death from a cliff top because she feared she was developing the dementia she had seen take a grip of her late mother.
Unable to face becoming a burden on her family, Judith Iles, 60, wrote a suicide note to her husband and son which read: ‘So sorry – I’m turning into my mum – I couldn’t stand that.’
Up to 300 NHS Direct jobs ‘at risk’ and carers will be more isolated
Up to 300 NHS Direct jobs ‘at risk’
Royal College of Nursing warns of job loses as new 111 number for non-emergency services is phased in
The Royal College of Nursing said new shift arrangements could see up to 300 NHS Direct staff lose their jobs.
