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Trust warned over poor patient care at Dewsbury hospital
A cash-strapped hospital trust has been told to improve standards of patient care at Dewsbury and District Hospital.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has issued a formal warning to The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust following a visit last month.
Inspectors found some patients on ward two “were not being treated with dignity, respect or consideration”.
Stephen Eames, the trust’s interim chief executive, said he “apologised unreservedly” to affected patients.
Aylsham women bare all for naked charity calendar
Fundraisers in Aylsham have swapped business suits for birthday suits to appear in a naked calendar for Breast Cancer Care and Diabetes UK.
Business women in Aylsham bare all for a charity calendar
The project is the brainchild of Sara Westwood, Sara’s sister Trudie Bradley, Helen Colebrooke and Sue Cubitt, who were inspired by the story of the Calendar Girls – the members of a Yorkshire Women’s Institute who famously stripped off in a calendar for charity.
The friends were further spurred on by Helen’s daughter Leah, 12, who suffers from type 1 diabetes and Trudie, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in August.
Sara said: “It is an idea I have had for a while but it never really got off the ground. We went to see the Calendar Girls at the Theatre Royal in Norwich and talked about it afterwards and said right lets do it. It made a big difference this time because of Trudie’s diagnosis and wanting to give something back. Breast Cancer Care is a charity that she made really good use of and was a really good support to her. Especially the forums on their website where she was able to women who were going through exactly the same thing at the same time.”
Carers fear cuts to DLA will ruin lives
Carers fear cuts to DLA will ruin lives
Carers told today of their fear at the prospect of having their meagre allowances axed because of cruel Tory welfare reforms.
Among them was Clive Arnold, 54, of Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, who gives round-the-clock care to his wife Christine.
She suffers a range of physical and mental disabilities including the rare congenital neurological disorder Moebius syndrome.
It means she can’t close her eyes or form facial expressions due to complete facial paralysis from birth.
She also suffers from epilepsy and severe depression.
