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Help for unpaid carers in Wales with £5.8m for training

January 1, 2012   Carers, Wales

Unpaid carers in Wales get help with £5.8m for training

 Strategies to help carers get better information will be reviewed after 18 months

New regulations aimed at supporting unpaid carers in Wales have come into force.

They will mean that over the next three years, £5.8m will go to health boards to help them train staff and work on plans to help carers obtain better information and guidance.

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£66 million programme in Scotland to recycle old computers

December 30, 2011   Carers, Scotland

Festive boost for Highland communities and children

 

Festive boost for communities and children in the Highlands

An innovative project to recycle thousands of computers for use by communities and deserving children across the Scottish Highlands has been launched, in a festive season boost for many in the area.

 

The huge initiative to renovate equipment for re-use instead of landfill is funded by technology company Fujitsu and The Highland Council.

 

It is a spin-off from the current £66 million programme to replace and upgrade The Highland Council’s office and schools IT systems and assist the council in meeting targets to reduce its energy use and carbon emissions.

 

Fujitsu is investing over £300,000 in the recycling project to have up to 3,500 computers processed by specialist north of Scotland social enterprise ReBOOT and then redistributed across the region.
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Many patients really value their relationship with their GP

December 30, 2011   Carers, health

Patients will be able to register with any GP: ministers

Patients will be able to register with a GP miles away from where they live under Coalition plans to give them greater choice, it has been announced.

By , Medical Editor

 

People will be able to have a GP near work or keep the same family doctor when the move house as ministers abolish GP practice boundaries.

The scheme will be piloted in parts of London, Manchester and Nottingham despite concerns from family doctors about the continuity of care.

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