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Dementia Carers are rewarded East Kilbride
Dementia Carers are rewarded
East Kilbride Dementia Carers win Volunteer Group of the Year award
By Kayleigh Mcleod 06 June 2011 14:00 BST
East Kilbride & District Dementia Carers have been recognised at a ceremony to honour South Lanarkshire volunteers.
The VASLan awards took place on Wednesday (June 1) at Chatelherault, marking the beginning of Volunteers Week.
Group volunteers Peter Malloy and Ross McNicol accepted the award Volunteer Group of the Year award on behalf of the Dementia Carers from Lanarkshire’s new Lord Lieutenant, Mushtaq Ahmad.
Ministers to strengthen safeguards for adults in care
I hope they do follow this through and make some big changes quickly not slowly.
Ministers to strengthen safeguards for adults in care
Vulnerable adults in care in England are to be given more protection from abuse, the government has said.
The pledge comes after a BBC Panorama investigation showed staff at a privately run hospital mistreating adults with learning disabilities.
A Week has Gone By after the Listening Reforms on Mental Health ended
A Blog that says it as it is for Mental Health, with permission.
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A Week Gone By
Saturday, June 4, 2011 Tony RussellWell the Government have finished their Listening Exercise on NHS Reforms but it’s all smoke and mirrors, because apart from a few tweeks I suspect they will do exactly what they want anyway. It’s a great shame they didn’t bother to listen in the first place and consult more widely, instead of just being guided by the ‘usual suspects’ and bureaucrats.
Actually given the whole debacle, I am surprised that nobody’s head has rolled – but we can live in hope. It must have been six to eight months ago when I wrote in Mental Health Today expressing my concerns. If somebody like me could see it coming, I am surprised that those supposedly far smarter people didn’t.
