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Quit smoking video made by paid carer
Couple star in new kick-the-habit film
IN VIDEO … Irene Doyle and David Thompson are starring in a film encouraging others to quit smoking.
By VERITY WARD
Published on Thursday 3 November 2011 13:54
A SOUTH Tyneside couple are starring in a new film to help others quit smoking.
Irene Doyle stubbed out her last cigarette three years ago, after signing up to the NHS’s Stop Smoking Service.
The 52–year–old carer had a 30-a-day habit but decided to stop, along with her partner David Thompson, after both their health and finances began to suffer.
Miss Doyle, of Alice Street, South Shields, said: “It was affecting my health.
“I couldn’t breathe properly and my chest was bad.
“It was also costing a lot.
“After eight years of being off the cigarettes, I couldn’t believe I had started again.
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“Now we both feel so much better and more healthy.
Carers are at their wits’ end and need more help
Desperate carers appeal for help
EXTRA help for adult carers is vital, a voluntary group leader claims, after a father killed his severely disabled son because he feared placing him into full-time care.
Chairman of Stafford Carers, Frank James, spoke out saying local people were “at their wits’ end” and said he feared that the tragedy of Christopher O’Rourke – who was killed by his devoted father Kevin – could be repeated.
Carers have the option of managing their individual budgets – providing them with an opportunity to pay privately for services specifically tailored to their needs.
£40m budget cuts- Unpaid family carers must be protected
Tees and Hartlepool Trust faces ‘huge’ £40m budget cuts
Unions claim services will be hit and jobs lost after health bosses on Teesside announced “huge” budget cuts of £40m over the next three years.
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust is making £16m of cuts this year, followed by £14m in 2012/13 and £10m in 2013/14.
