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Yorkshire group spearheads bedsores care drive
Anyone can develop a pressure ulcer but those most at risk have reduced mobility
Published on Monday 19 September 2011 06:00
A YORKSHIRE-based network is spearheading efforts to improve care of a condition that costs the NHS billions of pounds to treat.
Estimates suggest as much as four per cent of NHS expenditure is spent on pressure ulcers, also called bedsores, which affect half a million people each year in the UK. It occurs when pressure is applied to skin to disrupt blood flow long enough for it to break down.
Real concern that levels of diagnosis of dementia in some parts of Scotland are falling behind
Dementia diagnosis crisis looms
THE Borders is facing the worrying situation that while it may be the Scottish region with the highest percentage of its population over the age of 65, it is lagging way behind the rest of Scotland when it comes to the diagnosis of dementia.
Statistics reveal that only 40 per cent of those estimated to be suffering from dementia in the Borders have actually had it confirmed by a medical diagnosis.
National award for Roughton champion of older carers
A campaigner helping older carers across north Norfolk has won a national award.
Richard Batson Saturday, September 17, 2011
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Mary Granville-White from Roughton won the local campaigner title at the Sheila McKechnie Foundation Campaigner Awards at a special ceremony hosted by Channel 4 newscaster Jon Snow at St Martin-in-the-Fields off Trafalgar Square in London.
The awards recognise the outstanding contribution that a new generation of campaigners is making towards achieving social, environmental and economic justice both in the UK and abroad.
Mrs Granville-White’s campaign is called Nothing About Us Without Us. She works in partnership with Age UK Norfolk, and aims to reward, support and recognise the contribution of older carers to society.
