Category Archives: Carers

Decision on Hull carers service to be reviewed

July 3, 2012   Carers

Carers in Hull face an uncertain future

A DECISION to award a new £1.5 million contract providing support services for carers in Hull is to be reviewed.

The city council announced in June it was extending its current contract with the Carers’ Centre charity for another two months after concerns were raised over the tendering process.

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Now scrutiny councillors have agreed to a call-in request over the move to award the contract to another provider.

It means the decision will have to be reconsidered by corporate director Trish Dalby, who was given delegated responsibility by the council’s cabinet to award the three-year contract.

The issue could also go back to the cabinet if council leader Councillor Steve Brady agrees.

Ms Dalby opted to award the contract to the City Healthcare Partnership (CHP), a new community interest company set up two years ago as offshoot of the city’s NHS primary care trust.

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Dementia sufferers wait for a year for diagnosis: report

July 3, 2012   Carers, dementia

Dementia sufferers are waiting up to a year for a diagnosis, MPs have warned, as they called for an end to ‘shocking variation’ in standards around the country.

 

People with memory problems often think it is an inevitable part of ageing and do not go to their GP, a report on dementia said.

By , Medical Editor

6:20AM BST 03 Jul 2012

Fewer than half of people thought to have dementia have been formally diagnosed and those who have been seen may have waited anything from a few weeks to a year, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia has found.

The average wait for an appointment in a memory clinic, which is a key part of the diagnostic process, is three months, the report said.

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Service users to gain more say in national care decisions

July 2, 2012   Carers, Wales

The deputy social services minister for Wales has revealed plans to set up a “citizen panel” and produce a white paper on reforms to regulation of the social care workforce.

Monday 02 July 2012 16:39

Service users and carers in Wales will have a greater say in how the national care system is run in future, the deputy social services minister has revealed.

Gwenda Thomas told the National Social Services Conference last week that she intends to set up a “citizen panel” to boost service user engagement.

She also announced that a framework will be developed to monitor whether people are receiving better services and a new standards, performance and improvement team will be introduced to encourage sharing of good practice.

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