Category Archives: Carers

Minister backs learning disability eye health campaign

May 14, 2012   Carers, learning difficulties, sight loss

Care services minister Paul Burstow has backed a charity’s campaign to improve eye health services for people with learning disabilities.

by on May 11, 2012 in News

 

The Liberal Democrat MP gave his support to SeeAbility’s ‘eye 2 eye’ campaign on a recent visit to the Morden Eye Centre, where he saw teenager Roshni Kothari receiving an enhanced sight test for people with learning disabilities. This was Kothari’s first sight test in the community, having previously been treated at Sutton Eye Hospital.

Recent research commissioned by SeeAbility and Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) highlighted that there are 1 million adults with a learning disability in the UK. People with learning disabilities are 10 times more likely to have serious sight problems than other people, with 6 in 10 people needing glasses. People with severe or profound learning disabilities are most likely to have sight problems.

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£3.7m scheme to help Bradford carers learn

May 14, 2012   Carers

Helping encourage carers to achieve their goals outside of their caring roles

Monday 14th May 2012 in

News By Tanya O’Rourke

A project to help carers access learning, training and employment is set to benefit from a slice of more than £3.7 million lottery cash.

The Carers’ Resource in Bradford has received a boost of £295,122 which will go towards helping encourage carers to achieve their goals outside of their caring roles.

It will provide courses, work experience, employment opportunities and help with interview preparation for people who care for others to get ahead in their own careers.

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Diabetes care in ‘state of crisis’

May 14, 2012   Carers, Diabetes, stroke

Second-rate diabetes care putting sufferers at increased risk of health complications and early death, charity warns

 

Inadequate diabetes care has helped trigger a rise in related complications such as kidney failure and stroke, according to the report.

Diabetes care in England is in a “state of crisis”, with fewer than half of people with the condition getting the basic minimum support, a report warns.

According to the State of the Nation 2012 report, published on Monday by Diabetes UK, there are some areas where just 6% of people with diabetes are getting the regular checks and services recommended by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice).

The report details how not getting these checks has helped fuel a rise in rates of diabetes-related complications such as amputation, blindness, kidney failure and stroke.

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