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£40m budget cuts- Unpaid family carers must be protected
Tees and Hartlepool Trust faces ‘huge’ £40m budget cuts
Unions claim services will be hit and jobs lost after health bosses on Teesside announced “huge” budget cuts of £40m over the next three years.
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust is making £16m of cuts this year, followed by £14m in 2012/13 and £10m in 2013/14.
Why are there not enough nurses to Care?
‘Armchair experts must face the facts – staffing levels affect care’
1 November, 2011
Debates about care failings must include staffing levels, insists Jane Ball
The “crisis in nursing” debate is reaching a crescendo. The latest Care Quality Commission report on the quality of hospital care has sparked reaction and comment from every corner – the radio, on TV, the newspapers and even in my local shop. Everyone has a view about the trouble with nursing today.
Carer charities benefit from the new Health lottery
THE HEALTH LOTTERY: £200K CHEQUES FACTOR
By Ed Riley
FOUR charities were celebrating yesterday after pocketing nearly £200,000 in Health Lottery cash.
The payouts will help dementia sufferers, young carers and healthy living campaigns in Kent and Medway.
