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Doctors will have to draw up individual ‘death plans’
Doctors and carers told the dying ‘must be given religious support’ in new NHS guidelines
By Jenny Hope
Last updated at 10:52 AM on 30th November 2011
Duty and prayer: Doctors will have to make sure patients can access religious care at any time of day or night
Doctors and care workers have been told to ensure dying patients are given religious support and care at any time of day or night.
Family unpaid Carers feel isolated without access to the internet!
Elderly less lonely if plugged in to internet, says Martha Lane Fox
Elderly people would be less lonely if they were “plugged in” to the world wide web, according to the internet entrepreneur Martha Lane Fox.
By Martin Beckford, Social Affairs Editor
The Lastminute.com founder, now the Government’s “digital champion”, said that grandparents could speak to their families over Skype, could order groceries online and learn more about their favourite pastimes.
More staff needed on older persons wards at weekends
Hospital patients ‘more likely to die at weekends’
By Nick Triggle Health correspondent, BBC News
Weekend care could be improved by better staffing and access to services, such as diagnostics
Being admitted to hospital in England at the weekend is risky, experts say.
