Suffolk: Dementia patients need better access to services
Suffolk: Dementia patients need better access to services and doctors need better resources to give advice – report
Official launch of the Forget-Me-Not Dementia Campaign at West Suffolk Hospital. Image of the corridor before work begins.
Matt Stott Friday, April 4, 2014
12:04 PM
People living with dementia in Suffolk need better access to support services, a report has claimed, after it emerged more than 5,000 sufferers live with the condition undiagnosed.
Doctors need better resources to provide good advice to newly-diagnosed dementia patients and double their current detection rate of the disease to meet new tougher government targets, the University of East Anglia (UEA) said.
Harrow Borough Council needs to listen to carers says independent councillor
It is only by listening to carers that those in authority can have any hope of getting the kind of support they need right.
1:42pm Thursday 3rd April 2014 in News By Bruce Thain
A councillor has accused the council administration of snubbing a project aimed at helping carers which it helped to set up.
Councillor James Bond says the council is not listening to the issues faced by unpaid cares in Harrow.
The council launched the Carer Champion project and Cllr Victoria Silver was due to present a report into the experiences of some of the 26,000 carers on Harrow.
