Category Archives: Scotland
Patients ‘not ill enough’ for care funding
The NHS should pay for those who have a complex medical condition and need nursing care
BBC Scotland has discovered further evidence that Scottish people are being wrongly charged care home costs.
The BBC has now learned of three people who are minimally conscious or in a vegetative state who have been told they are not “ill enough” to get their care costs paid by the NHS.
The three individuals all suffered serious strokes.
Home-grown talent to honour Scotland’s hidden army of carers at Celtic Connections concert line up announced
Monday, 23 December 2013
Organisers behind a special concert in January for people in Scotland who play a caring role have today announced a uniquely Scottish line up.
The Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE) and Regular Music with Celtic Connections are delighted to confirm a range of home grown talents will come together to celebrate the lives of many of the 660,000 carers in Scotland and those who support them.
IT team raise over £90,000 for carers’ charity
Dec 19 2013 by Our Correspondent, Ormskirk Advertiser
Raise more than £94,053
A TRIATHLON squad from Skelmersdale helped fundraisers from the Co-operative’s IT team raise more than £94,053 for their charity of the year, the Carers Trust.
The Skem runners, swimmers and cyclists organised by Nadine Burns, John Jones and Stephanie Moran, raised £1,200 for the charity.
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