Hospital bed-blocking ‘rising’
Patients are facing increasing delays in being discharged from hospital, figures obtained by the BBC suggest.
The problem – known as bed-blocking – happens when support from social care or district nursing is not available in the community for vulnerable patients.
Department of Health data shows that in the last two months, there were more than 128,000 days of delays in England, up 11% on the same period last year.
Schizophrenia is the forgotten illness
Rethink needed over a forgotten illness
ReThink Mental Health services Claire Hoggart
TO MOST of us, Eyre Street is nothing more than a big bus route and home to the Cheesegrater car park.
But to some, it’s home to a life-saving organisation, Rethink Mental Illness.
Rethink Mental Illness provides support for carers of mental illness sufferers, as well as housing support and advice. And James Barlow is at the centre of it all. He provides training and support for the family and friends of sufferers of illnesses such as schizophrenia.
“Illnesses such as schizophrenia can have a huge impact on the lives of carers. It can affect carers emotionally and financially – as many of them have to reduce their working hours in order to fit in their role as a carer.”
Caring for people with schizophrenia is made more difficult by the stigmatisation, lack of understanding and scant medical research on schizophrenia.
Brilliant event for carers in Great Yarmouth 21st November
A brilliant event has been organised to provide support and information to dedicated carers in Norfolk.
The Carers’ Forum, which is hosted by Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, will be held 2pm to 7pm on 21 November 2011 at Kings Centre in Great Yarmouth.
