Category Archives: Norfolk
Up to £2.5m earmarked to fund volunteer army to help Norfolk’s vulnerable elderly
Up to £2.5m earmarked to fund volunteer army to help Norfolk’s vulnerable elderly population
Richard Wheeler Tuesday, January 29, 2013
5:36 PM
Council bosses have been urged to keep care funds flowing for thousands of vulnerable elderly people – after they backed spending £2.5m on recruiting a new volunteer army.
Norfolk County Council hopes to find helpers to knock on doors and tell people aged over 75 about the care services they are entitled to receive.
This will include helping people access lunch clubs, befriending services, short breaks and welfare benefit advice.
Success of personal health budget following Norfolk pilot
Scheme will be rolled out across the country next year.
By Adam Gretton Saturday, January 19, 2013
6:30 AM
A scheme to give patients more control over their care has been hailed as a success by health chiefs and patients in Norfolk who trialled a NHS pilot.
NHS Norfolk and Waveney rolled out a personal health budget initiative two years ago, which is set to be made available across the country from next year.
The primary care trust (PCT) is pioneering the scheme in the east and allows patients with long-term, complex needs to have control over how money is spent on their care.
How Norfolk’s carers beat the weather
When the bad weather sets in in Norfolk, taking a “snow day” is not an option for the county’s carers.
Carer Sue Hewitt visiting Norwich pensioner Helen Parker in her home. Photo: Steve Adams
By Victoria Leggett Saturday, January 19, 2013
12:45 PM
When the bad weather sets in in Norfolk, taking a “snow day” is not an option for the county’s carers.
For Sue Hewitt, home support worker for the Norfolk County Council-run Norfolk First Support service, dangerous roads and traffic jams simply mean abandoning her car and walking to the homes of the vulnerable people she needs to visit.
She said: “I would do everything in my power to make sure that person sees a carer. They really need them.
“Sometimes we are the only people they see. Even if they have family, they might not be venturing out because of the snow.”
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