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New state-of-the-art loo helps Norfolk mum’s campaign for disabled dignity
A campaigning mum has taken a major step in improving the lives of severely disabled residents after helping to get a new state-of-the-art toilet facility installed in north Norfolk.
Lucy Clapham Friday, March 23, 2012
1:02 PM
Debbie Green has finally got the disabled toilet and changing area she has been campaigning for. Pictured in the new room at Glanford with builder and landlord Roger Combe. PHOTO: ANTONY KELLY
Debbie Green has been pushing for years to get more of the pioneering “changing place” toilets built in her home county after having her son Alistair, who was left brain damaged following his premature birth.
The “enchanting” young man died in 2008 aged 17 but Mrs Green has continued her fight to see more of the much-needed facilities installed.
NICE starts new wave of quality standards
NICE has been given 123 new quality standards to work on, and includes for the first time new standards for public health.
Published on 22/03/12 at 02:18pm
The latest set of quality standards cover a wide range of topics, including heart failure, irritable bowel syndrome, skin cancer, and obesity in adults.
NICE will also develop public health quality standards in areas that relate to the NHS, the first time it has ever been asked to do this.
The public health topics cover standards for smoking cessation, encouraging physical activity in all people in contact with the NHS, and for preventing and managing alcohol misuse.
Rare Spurs book on sale to raise money for Haringey carers
Spurs book worth thousands of pounds will be sold by the Mayor of Haringey
9:40am Thursday 22nd March 2012 in
A Spurs book worth thousands of pounds will be sold by the Mayor of Haringey to raise money for charity.
The hand stitched and leather bound book concerns the 125-year history of the club and includes exclusive interviews from key Tottenham Hotspur players.
The 50cm by 50cm book, which is the largest produced about the club, weighs more than 30 kilos and is 800 pages long.
