Keeping Abreast’s Norwich awareness day at Chapelfield
Monday, October 15, 2012
11:27 AM
A Norfolk breast cancer charity will be offering shoppers advice and raising awareness about the work it does at a city shopping centre this week.
On Friday, October 19, staff and volunteers from Norfolk-based charity, Keeping Abreast, will be at Chapelfield Shopping Centre all day to help raise awareness of the work they do with women throughout the UK with breast cancer.
Visitors to their trademark bright pink stand will have the opportunity to meet with patients who have been through or are currently battling breast cancer, and have had or are about to undergo surgery, and talk to them about their experiences.
Unqualified staff in home care
15 October 2012 Last updated at 06:08
Unqualified home care worker figures revealed
Care Minister Norman Lamb said there was “a clear system that holds providers to account”More than 200 home care providers in England have been using staff without proper qualifications, the BBC’s Inside Out programme has found.
It also found that dozens of convicted criminals had been working unsupervised as carers in people’s homes.
The figures were released by the Care Quality Commission after a Freedom of Information Request.
Care Minister Norman Lamb said they were unacceptable, but did not show that “the whole system” had failed.
Inspectors for the Care Quality Commission – which regulates home care in England – found that 217 companies were employing workers who were not properly qualified.
Carers to be recognised for hard work
Sunday 14th October 2012 in News
PEOPLE are being urged to help give county carers the recognition they deserve.
Redditch-based mobility manufacturer, Karma Mobility, is running a competition to highlight an unsung hero that looks after a husband, wife, child or sibling.
To enter the Karma Carer of 2012 awards, people need to send the name of the carer and why they think they deserve to be crowned the winner to karma@cas-marketing.com. People can also call 01491 578888 to make an entry.
