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LEARNING disability day services may be changing in Northumberland
Fears grow for future of learning disability care
LEARNING disability day services could be taken out of direct council control.
But a long-serving Northumberland carer has spoken of his concerns over the move.
Senior councillors have backed proposals for Northumberland County Council to team up with an external care provider to transform its five day centres and three horticultural skills units into a social enterprise.
NHS reveals burden on emergency services
In 2009-10, 39,000 people who used A&E were not given any treatment.
Published on Sunday 25 September 2011 13:32
PEOPLE attending county hospitals when they did not need to cost tax payers £3.4m last year, it has been revealed.
More than 65,000 people left A&E departments at Kettering General Hospital and Northampton General Hospital without receiving any treatment.
A similar problem is people dialling 999 inappropriately, and health officials are trying to educate residents about when they should dial 999 or use A&E and when they should use other facilities.
Alzheimers charity song -Dripping away from You
Alzheimers charity song by Cardiff songwriter gets semi-finalist position in UK Songwriting Contest
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