Category Archives: Norfolk

£10m for mental health research in East of England

Projects to improve the care of people with mental health conditions in the East of England have been given a boost of nearly £10m.

National Institute of Health Research has awarded the grant to Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, which is carrying out the research.

It will support projects that make a “difference to people’s lives”.

Two areas it is looking at are dementia and patient safety.

The trust plans to work with the Universities of Cambridge University and the University of East Anglia in Norwich.

NorseCare wins double bid to provide ‘high quality’ care and dementia support in Norfolk

Article By: Laura McCardle, News Editor

Elderly people in Norfolk are set to benefit from a new £4.2m housing with care scheme

 

The cash for the development, which will be built on the Three Score site in Bowthorpe, will be provided by the Home and Communities Agency (HCA) and the Department of Health, after Norwich City Council promised to provide the land free of charge.

The housing with care scheme will be made up of 78 one-bedroom and 14 two-bedroom apartments with landscaped gardens and community facilities. NorseCare will work in partnership with Norwich City Council, Norfolk County Council and NPS Property Consultants to develop the scheme, which will provide “vital support” to elderly people in the area.

Colleen Walker, board member and county councillor, said: “NorseCare is committed to providing high quality care across the county and the hard work and funding that has gone into applying for these apartments is a great example of this.

Bedroom tax’ has sent 400 Norwich people into rent arrears, claim council leaders

Households are finding it very difficult to bridge the gap

Friday, August 2, 2013
7:30 AM

More than 400 people in Norwich have fallen into rent arrears since the introduction of the so-called “bedroom tax”, city council leaders say.

The controversial changes to cut housing benefit payments, dubbed the “bedroom tax” by Labour, came into force in April.