Category Archives: Norfolk
Families come together at Nelson’s Journey memorial walk at Blickling Park
Families take part in Nelson’s Journey first memorial walk. Picture: Bigphatphotos
Lucy Clapham Sunday, September 1, 2013
3:34 PM
Families united by grief came together in north Norfolk to remember loved ones and share their experiences at a poignant memorial walk.
The event was the first of its kind organised by bereavement charity Nelson’s Journey, which supports children and young people across the county dealing with the death of a significant person.
More than 130 people took part in the 1.8 mile walk round Blickling Park yesterday, with many wearing specially printed t-shirts paying tribute to the loved one they had lost.
Organiser Sophie Berry, funding officer with Nelson’s Journey, said the charity had long wanted to host a memorial walk to help bring youngsters and adults together.
MP’s concern over lack of wheelchair access at Norwich assessment centre
Adam Gretton Health correspondent adam.gretton@archant.co.uk
Monday, August 26, 2013
A Norfolk MP has called on the government to ensure that all medical assessment centres are disability friendly after highlighting the accessibility problems at a Norwich facility.
ATOS disability protestors in Norwich. Photo: Bill Smith
Protesters gathered outside a Norwich disability centre last year to demonstrate about the lack of wheelchair access at St Mary’s House, which is run by private contractor Atos Healthcare.
The centre in Duke Street, where people undergo medicals for disability benefits, can not be visited by wheelchair users, has no parking and is a not near a bus or train station.
MP Richard Bacon urged the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to ensure that Atos Healthcare’s centres are accessible to wheelchair users and people with limited mobility.
New Admiral Nurse deliver extra dementia support in Norfolk
Patients living with dementia and their carers are receiving more support
Norfolk’s first Admiral Nurse, Zena Aldridge. Picture: Denise Bradley
Adam Gretton Health correspondent adam.gretton@archant.co.uk
Thursday, August 22, 2013
6:30 AM
Patients living with dementia and their carers are receiving more support following the recruitment of Norfolk’s first Admiral Nurses.
The county’s first specialist dementia nurses have begun working in the mid Norfolk area to help dementia patients after Dementia UK and Age UK Norfolk joined forces for a two year pilot scheme.
Zena Aldridge became the county’s first Admiral Nurse in April after the two charities received £60,000 from the People’s Health Trust.
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