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£150m home care boost for elderly patients
£150m home care boost for elderly patients
The government has already set aside £648m for primary care trusts to support social care services
Ministers have allocated an extra £150m for patients to get care at home after warnings that local authority cuts were creating a “crisis” in social care.
Help for unpaid carers in Wales with £5.8m for training
Unpaid carers in Wales get help with £5.8m for training
Strategies to help carers get better information will be reviewed after 18 months
New regulations aimed at supporting unpaid carers in Wales have come into force.
They will mean that over the next three years, £5.8m will go to health boards to help them train staff and work on plans to help carers obtain better information and guidance.
Many patients really value their relationship with their GP
Patients will be able to register with any GP: ministers
Patients will be able to register with a GP miles away from where they live under Coalition plans to give them greater choice, it has been announced.
By Rebecca Smith, Medical Editor
People will be able to have a GP near work or keep the same family doctor when the move house as ministers abolish GP practice boundaries.
The scheme will be piloted in parts of London, Manchester and Nottingham despite concerns from family doctors about the continuity of care.
