Category Archives: disability
Join Rethink and thousands of disabled people in London Protest Wednesday May 11th
Join Rethink and thousands of disabled people in London Protest
Join Rethink and thousands of disabled people to protest in London against the impact of government cuts on disabled people. Sign up to join the ‘Hardest Hit’ March today.
Let’s show the Government that people care about cuts to benefits and services for people with mental illness. By marching together with fellow disability groups, our power and impact will become stronger.
Software helps rural patients manage chronic conditions
Software helps rural patients manage chronic conditions
21 April 2011 | By Stephen Harris
A project using mobile phones to help rural sufferers of chronic diseases manage their conditions has received £1.6m of funding.
Researchers from the UK and India plan to develop mobile-based software that allows patients to monitor their treatment of illnesses such as diabetes and depression while exchanging information with their doctors.
A Nurses view on Personal Budgets
‘Initially I was scpetical about personal budgets, I thought – what’s the catch?’
Steve Palmer talks nurses’ personal budgets, integrating health and social care and best practice
Personal budgets might be new to some; I’ve been lucky enough to have been working with them for those three years. It’s all about performing a wider role as a nurse. It’s also about being a CPN and integrating health and social care because health needs have an impact on social care needs.
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