GPs ‘too expensive’ to run health authorities
Bureaucrats will still run local health authorities, despite Government plans to put clinicians in charge, according to GPs who say the money is not there to pay enough doctors to run them.
By Stephen Adams, Medical Correspondent
6:30AM BST 18 Jul 2012
One of Andrew Lansley’s first announcements as Health Secretary was to say England’s 152 primary care trusts (PCTs) would be abolished, to be replaced by groups led by GPs.
The idea – largely approved of by medics – is that doctors will make better decisions about organising local health services for their patients than managers.
North Norfolk tot Angelina Mills marks special milestone at nursery sports day
Angelina suffers from neurological condition Sturge-Weber syndrome
By DONNA-LOUISE BISHOP, Reporter
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 4:06 PM
Angelina Mills, who has Sturge-Weber Syndrome, pictured at the Strawberry Patch Pre School’s Olympics. Angelina and her mum, Lisa Massingham, who was an Olympic torch bearer.
A brave toddler from north Norfolk, who has battled with a rare brain injury since birth, marked a special milestone today (Tuesday) when she took part in her nursery school’s sports day.
Three-year-old Angelina Mills, from Gresham, spent the morning running with her friends and competing in an egg and spoon race at the Strawberry Patch Nursery in nearby Hempstead.
Her mum, Lisa Massingham, who also has two sons Luca, 11, and Stefan, nine, said it was a day her and partner Stephen thought would never come.
“We are so happy to see Angelina taking part in the races and playing with other children,” she said.
Isolated and lonely older people in Norwich to benefit from charity’s £200,000 lottery windfall
More than £200,000 is to be spent on bringing isolated and lonely older people back into their Norwich communities.
Richard Wheeler Tuesday, July 17, 2012
6.30 AM
Age UK Norwich is searching for 60 new befrienders to keep elderly people active – from a walk in the park to a visit to the pub.
The charity has received £200,000 from the Big Lottery Fund to expand its volunteer project during the next three years to meet an ever-increasing demand.
And now it needs helpers to come forward to put it into action.
The first volunteer event will be held tomorrow at its office in Boardman House, Redwell Street, city centre, from 2pm.
Phil Wells, Age UK Norwich chief executive, said the World Health Organisation regarded loneliness as a “bigger killer than smoking”.