Category Archives: Norfolk

Norfolk: Leonard Chesire Disability’s Cycle Event will raise funds for a great cause

May 25, 2013   Carers, disability, Multiple Sclerosis, Norfolk, young carers

 

Ride at Norfolk’s Sandringham Estate will provide a family day out and will raise funds for a great cause

A Leonard Chesire Disability's Cycle Event will be held in June to raise money for Park House in Sandringham - From left, Stephen Booth with EDP Reporter Kate Scotter and Phil Davies. Picture: Matthew Usher. A Leonard Chesire Disability’s Cycle Event will be held in June to raise money for Park House in Sandringham – From left, Stephen Booth with EDP Reporter Kate Scotter and Phil Davies. Picture: Matthew Usher

Friday, May 24, 2013
3:37 PM

Cycle Together Sandringham will take place on Sunday, June 23 to raise money for respite hotel Park House Hotel.

Organised by national disability charity Leonard Cheshire Disability, the event will see hundreds of cyclists take to the picturesque roads around north-west Norfolk, taking in recognisable landmarks including Sandringham Estate, Holkham and Houghton Halls and Bircham Windmill.

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Dementia beds set to be axed in Carlton Colville as part of mental health shake-up

May 23, 2013   Alzheimer’s, Carers, dementia, mental health, Norfolk

Reducing the 12 beds and maybe staff

Anthony Carroll anthony.carroll@archant.co.uk
Thursday, May 23, 2013
11:41 AM

The mental health trust for Norfolk and Suffolk has launched an internal consultation into the future of acute dementia beds for elderly people in Great Yarmouth and Waveney.

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust has announced it is looking at reducing the 12 beds at Carlton Court Hospital in Carlton Colville, near Lowestoft, and replacing them with dementia intensive support teams to provide care for more elderly people at their homes in the Waveney and Yarmouth areas.

It is believed the number of beds in the dementia ward could be cut to three and 31 staff could be affected.

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Cuts to adult social services in Norfolk are going to get worse

May 21, 2013   Carers, disability, mental health, Norfolk

Norfolk County Council bosses warning over pressure on social care from ageing population

Tuesday, May 21, 2013
1:33 PM

Norfolk is facing a “significant challenge” because an ageing population is heaping pressure on social services at a time when the money to tackle the problem is shrinking, council bosses have warned.

Bosses at Norfolk County Council said the number of people contacting the council with a social care need has soared from 34,200 to 64,000 in the past five years – and is only going to increase.

And union leaders have warned that, following the problems revealed in Norfolk County Council’s children’s services department, further cuts in budgets will mean cracks could next appear in services for vulnerable adults.

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