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Charity cash stolen from 6 year old disabled boy who has Rett Syndrome
Raiders ransack disabled boy’s room to steal charity cash
RAIDERS broke into a severely disabled boy’s bedroom and ransacked the house before stealing £300 of charity cash.
The thieves broke into the house of six-year-old Chris Dupree, in the early hours of Saturday, stealing money which was ready to be used as the float for the James Hopkins Trust family fun day yesterday.
Chris, who has Rett syndrome and is unable to walk or talk, had his Abbeydale bedroom turned upside down as the thieves looked for their loot.
Norfolk’s new dementia unit to be opened 26th July 2011
Norfolk’s new dementia unit ready for topping–out
Edited by Andy Porter editor@wellbeingnorfolk.co.uk
The principle building work on Norfolk’s new Dementia Intensive Care Unit [DICU] is nearing completion and ready for the topping–out ceremony on 26 July 2011.
The event will be held on the Julian Hospital site in Norwich, home to the £13.7 million development. The 36–bedded DICU is part of Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, representatives of which will attend the topping–out together with building contractors R G Carter and architects Ingleton Wood.
The unit is part of the mental health Trust’s aims to provide the best dementia care in the country by creating a Clinical Academy for Dementia.
Surrey carers get a break
Surely it is a human right to be able to take a shower!
11:15am 17th July 2011.
Carers in Surrey are getting a break.
Surrey Primary Care Trust has allocated all its government funding of £1.9 million to make sure unpaid carers get the time to have a shower, eat or take a nap during their breaks.
That’s unlike 9 out of 10 PCTS around the country, which have not yet committed their cash.
The proposals should, after consultation with GPs and carers themselves, be in place by the autumn.
http://www.964eagle.co.uk/news/local-news/469549/surrey-carers-get-a-break/
