How family carers dread the Christmas and New Year holidays
A few thoughts written by carers and a former carer
When you are carer of someone who can do nothing for themselves and can’t communicate the normal feeling of isolation becomes more acute at Christmas.
Care workers who normally come in to help are on holiday, as mostly, we can’t afford the double time for them to work.
£70m specialist emergency care hospital will be the first in the country
Northumbria plans first specialist UK A&E hospital
New specialist hospital will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week and will cater for rural areas from 2014
A new £70m specialist emergency care hospital is due to be built in Northumbria and will be the first of its kind in the country.
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust said it was looking for a construction company to build the new hospital from next year, which will be the first to have specialist A&E consultants on site 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The trust has earmarked a site alongside the A189 near East Cramlington, with the aim of ensuring fast access from rural areas of Northumberland.
Money floods in to help Norfolk’s elderly pay their heating bills
Charities fear more and more will fall into the poverty trap as bills rise and incomes fall.
Chris Bishop and Alex Hurrell Monday, December 5, 2011
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Hundreds of grants have been made to some of Norfolk’s neediest elderly people, as money floods in to an appeal to help them meet their heating bills.
How to apply for help
Applications for help from the Surviving Winter campaign are being processed by Age UK Norfolk.
Age UK’s Jasmine Toombs said a decision would normally be made within days of receiving a call.
“We’ll have a chat about their circumstances, so we understand how best we’re able to help them,” she said.
Payments are usually made within a week to 10 days.
