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Caring duo are declared NHS Heroes
TWO “exceptional” Tamworth health professionals
have been celebrated as NHS Heroes.
Nicola Hall and Les Dennis, who both serve in the Tamworth area, have been honoured in the national scheme to recognise and celebrate the extraordinary work that staff in the NHS carry out every day.
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Nicola Hall and Les Brooks have been awarded certificates thanking them for their dedication and care after being honoured as NHS Heroes.
Nicola, aged 37, from Polesworth, was credited for “totally transforming carer services in the Tamworth area”, and was further honoured for “always looking for new ways to support carers and provide opportunities for them”.
Nicola, who works as a carers assessment worker, said: “It’s my day job at the end of the day but it’s nice to be acknowledged. I do love my job, and it feels good to make a difference.”
Les, who was trained at St Matthew’s Hospital in Lichfield, received his honour after “providing high quality mental health care to the people of Tamworth, Lichfield and Burntwood for 30 years”.
He plans to retire in November, and admitted he will miss his job.
I’m losing my husband to a mistress called Alzheimers
Laurie Graham’s husband no longer remembers their wedding, his address or even ever being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease
By Laurie Graham
PUBLISHED: 02:01, 27 October 2012 | UPDATED: 02:01, 27 October 2012
My husband is leaving me. No dramas, no slammed doors — well, OK, a few slammed doors — and no suitcase in the hall, but there is another woman involved. Her name is Dementia.
Let me tell you about my husband. He’s 66 years old. At first glance you’d say he looks very well. A little rumpled perhaps, and a bit slow-moving but when he troubles to wear his preferred silk bow tie and his felt fedora he still cuts a figure.
100% personal budgets target scrapped
Care minister says councils must have 70% of service users on personal budgets by April 2013, ditching 100% ambition.
Pic Credit: Rex Features
The government has scrapped its target for councils to move all service users in the community on to personal budgets by April 2013, care minister Norman Lamb announced today.
Lamb said he had agreed a new target of having 70% of users on personal budgets by the same date, following talks with the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services.
Lamb said personal budgets were not suitable for everyone, but stressed that the 70% target was a staging post and should not be seen as a ceiling.
His announcement, at the National Children and Adult Services Conference, was strongly welcomed by Adass president Sarah Pickup.
She said that it would mean councils could stop “chasing a number” and focus on outcomes.
Lamb also issued a strong personal commitment to implementing the Dilnot commission’s proposals of a cap on the care costs faced by individuals.
