Dementia research funding set to rise to £66m by 2015
Care Services Minister Paul Burstow: “Making dementia a national priority… is the way we can tackle this”
Funding for research into dementia is to be doubled to £66m by 2015 to try to make the UK a world leader in the field, David Cameron will announce.
The prime minister is expected to say in a speech that the level of diagnosis, understanding and awareness of dementia is “shockingly low”.
Dementia is thought to affect around 800,000 people in the UK, with the cost to society estimated at £23bn.
GPs devise new treatment to beat depression. It’s called gardening
The ‘green gym’ provides exercise, therapeutic relaxation … and it’s dirt cheap, says top medic
Sunday 25 March 2012
Doctors are to swap pills for the potting shed under plans to prescribe gardening on the NHS as a way to help patients beat depression.
Time spent planting, pruning and propagating can be more powerful than a dose of expensive drugs, according to Sir Richard Thompson, president of the Royal College of Physicians.
Aylsham Care Trust enjoys ‘dream’ opening of its new £1.2m centre
A pioneering north Norfolk charity has celebrated a milestone in its caring history after opening a new state-of-the-art community building
Lucy Clapham Saturday, March 24, 2012 6:57 PM
The official launch of the Aylsham Care Trust (Act) Centre was dubbed a “dream come true” by the man who spearheaded the £1.2m project.
Rees Coghlan founded the charity in 1985 and has been pushing ever since to improve facilities for the town’s residents, particularly the elderly and disabled.
And his work of more than 25 years culminated today when the centre, on the St Michael’s Hospital site, was formally opened.
It will now provide a range of community services, including hosting regular lunch clubs, offer a space for groups to meet and hold training sessions for students from City College Norwich.
