He would not put a figure on closures, but implied that too many new hospital building projects might have been carried out when Labour was in office and he was the NHS head.
UNPAID carers will be taught about the skill of coarse fishing
Coarse fishing session for carers
Published on Friday 2 September 2011 08:55
UNPAID carers will be taught about the skill of coarse fishing at a special session in East Northamptonshire next month.
The event will take place at Willowbrook Fishery near Thrapston and is part of the Needs and Aspiration Project run by the Rushden-based charity Nene Valley Community Action.
Lord Crisp suggests some hospitals should be closed to pay for long-term care
NHS ‘should close hospitals to spend more on caring for older people’
Former NHS chief Lord Crisp hints that too many hospital building projects were carried out under Labour
- James Meikle
- guardian.co.uk,Thursday 1 September 2011 11.55 BST
Hospitals should be closed so the NHS in England can switch resources to the long-term care of the burgeoning numbers of older people in the community, the former chief executive of the health service Lord Crisp has said.
Making improvements for carers in Gwent
Carers need more support
12:31pm Thursday 1st September 2011
By Andy Rutherford – Health correspondent »
THE focus and attention given to the needs of carers by the NHS in Gwent is “patchy and sporadic” and improvements are being planned to meet the demands of new Wales-wide regulations.
The numbers of carers across Gwent runs into the tens of thousands – there are believed to be 15,000 in Newport alone – and more pertinently, there are predicted to be large increases in carers aged 65 and over during the next 20 years.
Elderly carer numbers are expected to rise by almost a third (31 per cent) in Gwent by 2030, though this could vary between 26 per cent (in Newport) and 37 per cent (in Monmouthshire).
