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Who will take responsibility for rolling out ‘telecare’?
Despite the government’s enthusiasm for telecare, many GPs will be too busy trying to commission to learn how to do it
Last week, I expressed my disappointment with the King’s Fund’s International Telehealth and Telecare Conference. I am so upset that I am returning to the subject again.
For starters, I was amazed that there were only three GPs present. I found this strange, as telecare is likely to change the way GPs treat patients for ever. Or do GPs consider telehealth as just another irritating technology, like electronic patient records and email, which will go away if you ignore them long enough?
One speaker involved in the project said that GPs were divided between those who were interested, those who were not sure and those who didn’t want to know. One GP claimed that telecare increased patient anxiety and workload for GPs.
Thousands of carers missing out on help
“The carers of the UK should not be left to suffer in silence.”
Thousands of carers missing out on help
12:00pm Sunday 15th April 2012 in News By Julian Robinson , Eastleigh Chief Reporter
TENS of thousands of carers in Hampshire are putting their health at risk because they are unaware of respite services available to them, research has revealed.
Many of those who look after their sick, disabled or elderly relatives don’t realise they are entitled to specialist support – simply because they are unpaid.
Fightback to save 1500 jobs for disabled at Remploy factories
“Employers don’t look at you as people, they only see disability.”
By Don Mackay
A FIGHTBACK against the closure of factories employing more than 1500 disabled workers will be launched today.
Campaigners, backed by the GMB and Unite unions, fear many of the staff will never work again if the Government go ahead with plans to shut 36 of Remploy’s 54 factories.
Hundreds of disabled workers are expected to march on Parliament after a national rally in London next Friday.
Glen Holdom, GMB officer for Remploy, said: “We must show the strength of feeling that taking jobs from disabled people should not be tolerated in a civilised society.
“It will not improve the country’s financial situation – it may well make it worse.”
