Category Archives: hospital

Systemic problems forcing older people into care, says Wales commissioner

November 4, 2012   Carers, hospital, Older care, ukcuts, Wales

Sarah Rochira said bad planning over hospital discharges and a lack of communication between the NHS and local services left some with no choice.

About 23,000 older people are in residential care homes in Wales.

The Welsh government said it was prioritising funding to councils to support social services.

Ms Rochira told The Wales Report on BBC Wales that some older people were not getting the information and advice they needed to enable them to stay at home.

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It was only through a fluke conversation with a social worker that I got the information I needed”

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Hard-working carers given respite thanks to inititive

October 28, 2012   Cancer, Carers, hospital

10:50am Sunday 28th October 2012 in Local News

HARD-WORKING carers who look after people suffering from cancer were treated to a special getaway.

An outdoor experience session was held at Ivy Farm, in East Mersea, with survival expert John Wills, on Saturday.

The initiative has put on with the support of Colchester Hospital University NHS Trust, Macmillan Cancer Support and Greenpath Ventures.

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Doctors to launch investigation into Liverpool Care Pathway

October 24, 2012   Carers, health, hospital, Liverpool Care Pathway

Doctors are to investigate whether the controversial Liverpool Care Pathway, which is supposed to alleviate suffering, is actually being used to deliberately hasten death.

Hundreds of elderly people are being neglected in NHS hospitals

11:27AM BST 24 Oct 2012

Palliative care doctors are preparing to open an investigation in concerns that the Liverpool Care Pathway is being used to deliberately hasten the death of elderly and terminally-ill patients.

The Association for Palliative Medicine, representing over 1,000 doctors working in hospices and specialist palliative care units throughout the country, is going to carry out research to see if the LCP is operating as a “euthanasia pathway”.

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