The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is looking for an external provider of an assessment service and supporting IT for the new Personal Independence Payment (PIP).
PIP to replace DLA April 2013
DWP seeks IT to support new disability benefit
Department for Work and Pensions advertises for assessment service and IT to deliver Personal Independence Payment
- Gill Hitchcock
- Guardian Professional,Wednesday 14 September 2011 10.50 BSA
Carers are often “invisible” despite the fact that their work is difficult
Carers ‘need to look after themselves too’
Healthcare News
14/09/2011
One expert has warned that the deteriorating health of a carer could negatively impact on the individual they are looking after.
Family carers who look after their relatives so they do not have to find a care home should remember to take care of themselves, according to one author.
Rosie Staal, author of What Shall We Do With Mother? How to Manage When Your Elderly Parent is Dependent On You, said that if a carer is in bad health, this can have a negative impact on the individual they are looking after.
Memory services expand in dementia push, but quality is variable
Memory services are deemed vital to receiving a diagnosis. In the UK, 60% of people with dementia live with no formal diagnosis and so cannot access treatment and support.
By Stephen Robinson, 14 September 2011
Almost all PCTs in England now commission memory services and numbers of patients accessing them have increased sharply, but less than a third of trusts have accredited schemes, a survey has found.
Figures from the NHS Information Centre suggest the DoH’s national dementia strategy has led to a significant improvement in access to support services.
The vast majority of PCTs – 94% – now commission memory services, up from 82% in 2008/9, the year before the strategy began.
