Category Archives: Carers
New NHS drugs policy could see elderly denied treatment
Thursday 09 January 2014
New drugs will only be made available on the NHS if they help people deemed to be a benefit to society under proposals that prompted fears elderly people could be denied treatment.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) is due to change how it decides which drugs can be provided by the health service.
Edith Cavell campaign calls for coin to honour WWI heroine
Norfolk carer must never be forgotten
Thousands of people have signed an online petition calling for World War I nurse Edith Cavell to be commemorated on a new £2 coin.
Cavell helped more than 200 allied soldiers escape from occupied Belgium but was shot by a German firing squad.
The petition was started after it was announced that former war secretary Lord Kitchener would feature on a coin.
A Royal Mint spokeswoman said future designs would include other figures connected with the war.
But she said she could not confirm or deny whether Cavell would be among them.
‘The sheer waste’
Sioned-Mair Richards, 55, who started the petition, said she was surprised and delighted at the support for it.
“It’s really struck a chord with people,” she said.
Ms Richards, a Labour member of Sheffield City Council and a former mayor of Carmarthen, said she had admired Cavell since she was a girl.
Retired nurse aiming to tailor dementia treatment for sufferers
Retired psychiatric nurse Lois Ransome is launching a business helping people with dementia to “come alive” in their own homes.
Liz Coates Saturday, January 11, 2014
12:30 PM
Retired pyschiatric nurse Lois Ransome is launching a business helping people with dementia to “come alive” in their own homes. “Bring Me Sunshine” Picture: James Bass
The 56-year-old said she had seen for herself the benefits of engaging with sufferers and wants to combine her passion with enterprise.
And by re-connecting people with dementia or Parkinson’s disease with their memories they could make more of today and feel valued, she said.
Mrs Ransome, who has worked within the NHS at Northgate in Great Yarmouth and in care homes, believed her business was unique in Norfolk, chiming with government thinking about helping people to stay in their own homes.Her work involves helping the mostly old folk maintain what function they have and to add interest to their lives they can share with others.
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