Category Archives: ukcuts
Cancer carers ‘overlooked’ by NHS
Macmillan Cancer Support said that so-called “cancer carers” are being “overlooked” by the health service.
It cautioned that many carers are missing out on much-needed practical, emotional and financial help
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The comments come after a poll of more than 2,000 cancer carers found that many were not signposted to support available for them as a carer.
Almost two fifths (37%) said that they were not given any information or advice about the services available to them by a health professional.
Proposed council cuts to adult social care and cultural services in Norfolk
Proposed cuts to adult social care and cultural services discussed by Norfolk county councillors
Councillor Richard Bearman(front), members of Norwich Green Party and supporters with the petition of more than 500 signatures they presented to Norfolk County Council opposing proposed cuts by the authority to personal budgets and care packages. PHOTO BY SIMON FINLAY
Emma Knights emma.knights@archant.co.uk
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
6:33 PM
Proposed council cuts to adult social care and cultural services in Norfolk were the subject of debate at County Hall.
Norfolk County Council has proposed £140m worth of cuts and savings over the next three years, and today the council’s Community Services Overview and Scrutiny Panel looked specifically at those relating to adult social care and cultural services.
New bid to tackle the thousands in fuel poverty in Norfolk
A task force of county councillors are looking at how to stop vulnerable people having to choose between eating or heating. Photo credit: Help the aged/PA.
Dan Grimmer Monday, January 6, 2014
6:30 AM
Together, we can do more to stop people in Norfolk from having to choose between heating and eating – that is the message from a task force set up to investigate the scale of the problem in the county.
Surviving Winter
Norfolk’s Surviving Winter appeal has smashed through the £25,000 barrier. But requests are still coming in faster than donations, as some of our neediest elderly people feel the chill.
Norfolk Community Foundation last month issued a fresh call to those who may not need their winter fuel payments to pass the money on to those who do.
Surviving Winter, backed by the EDP, has been a lifeline for hundreds of Norfolk’s neediest households, giving grants towards the cost of fuel.
There are three ways you can give to the appeal:
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