Category Archives: Norfolk
Norfolk ex-soldier with multiple sclerosis having to sell family home to pay care bill
West Norfolk pensioners pay thousands towards care bill for ex-Royal Artillery officer who served in Northern Ireland
by Donna Semmens Thursday, May 10, 2012
7:36 AM
Tim Sudbury who has MS and his wife Marion, at their home in Walpole St Peter which they are having to leave because of a battle with Norfolk County Council over care fees. Picture: Matthew Usher.
The financial struggles facing the elderly and disabled were shown last night after a former soldier suffering from multiple sclerosis said he would have to sell his family home of 30 years to pay his annual care bills.
Norfolk to get its first Admiral Nurse for dementia care
By Kim Briscoe
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
6:30 AM
Admiral Nurses have been described as offering the same sort of support as Macmillan nurses, but for families and people affected by dementia instead of cancer.
There are only 85 Admiral Nurses in the UK and none in Norfolk, but a year ago Dementia UK, the charity behind the nurses, unveiled plans to bring their care to the county.
Barbara Stephens, chief executive of Dementia UK, said: “The very good news is that we have got some funding from a funder, but we can’t say who at this stage.
Norwich diabetic heads to parliament with type one diabetes charity JDRF
Raising the issue of why insulin pumps are not more available to people with type one diabetes
Kim Briscoe Tuesday, May 1, 2012
6.30 AM
A Norwich diabetic has helped to educate MPs about type one diabetes as part of a landmark lobby group.
Amy Turner travelled to the Houses of Parliament with other supporters of the charity JDRF, which raises funds for research into type one diabetes.
The 29-year-old, who lives off Elm Hill, said wanted to help raise awareness of the condition among MPs and to encourage them to take action to increase funding into medical research into type one diabetes.
She said: “We definitely got our point across, made quite a lot of noise and raised the profile of the condition.
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