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Services of remembrance for bereaved parents
Services of remembrance for bereaved parents
There will be two services of remembrance taking place in the Chapel of the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) on Sunday 6th November for anyone who has been affected by the loss of a baby at any stage of pregnancy or in early life. For those who wish to come in the afternoon, there will be activities for children and their parents in the chapel from 3pm. The theme this year is “bubbles” so there will be an opportunity to blow bubbles and decorate a transparent circle with drawings and baby’s name.
The first service will be held at 4.00pm in the Benjamin Gooch Lecture Theatre at the NNUH and is designed for families and suitable for parents to bring young children. There will also be an evening service at 6.00pm in the Chapel which is aimed at adults to engage in a quieter, more reflective service.
GPs take up slack for social care cuts
01 Nov 2011
Exclusive Dramatic cuts to social care budgets are placing practices under mounting pressure, with GPs forced to send patients to hospital because there is nowhere in the community for them to go, a Pulse investigation reveals.
Council-funded physiotherapy, speech and language therapy, elderly care and mental health services are among the victims of an average 4.7% cut in council social care budgets across England, with practices increasingly left to pick up the slack for axed services.
Key services for vulnerable patients – including legal aid, welfare services and public health campaigns – are also being hit.
This month saw Manchester City Council become the latest authority to announce millions of pounds of social care cuts, with services for the elderly, disabled, mentally ill and victims of domestic violence hit by a fresh round of cuts totalling £8.6m.
Why are there not enough nurses to Care?
‘Armchair experts must face the facts – staffing levels affect care’
1 November, 2011
Debates about care failings must include staffing levels, insists Jane Ball
The “crisis in nursing” debate is reaching a crescendo. The latest Care Quality Commission report on the quality of hospital care has sparked reaction and comment from every corner – the radio, on TV, the newspapers and even in my local shop. Everyone has a view about the trouble with nursing today.
