Young Carers Group is set to be launched in Worcester
You are not alone, young carers told
6:20pm Monday 5th September 2011
YOUNG carers in Worcestershire who help look after loved ones with a life-threatening illness now have their own support group.
Thetoday at the Snowdrop Centre at St Richard’s Hospice, Worcester.
The support group will meet on the first Monday of every month from 5.30pm to 7pm.
It is available to families who have a relative being helped by the St Richard’s team.
Changes to care services in Wiltshire leave folks “absolutely gutted.”
New Wiltshire home care service rolled out
The changes are aimed at keeping more people in their own homes
A new care service aimed at helping more vulnerable people stay in their own homes has been introduced in Wiltshire.
From Monday, wardens are being replaced by a 24 hour call-out system, in a joint project between Wiltshire Council and the NHS.
Four care providers have been chosen to run the system, which will affect 3,000 vulnerable people.
The Conservative-run council said it was providing a better service.
New patient–focused mental health services in West Norfolk has been completed
NHS mental health services for King’s Lynn upgraded to plan
Edited by Jane Hill editor@wellbeingnorfolk.co.uk
A building project to create more efficient and patient–focused mental health services in West Norfolk has been completed. The Fermoy Unit, based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn, Chatterton, and Thurlow House, both on the Chatterton site, Goodwin’s Road, are part of Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.
One of the improvements includes a new telephone system dedicated to the mental health service. The new telephone number is: 01553 609933. The changes are part of a project called ‘Building Success in the West’, which is designed to improve the delivery of NHS care.
