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Elderly ‘being trapped’ in hospital, says Age UK
Elderly people are “trapped” in English hospitals in ever greater numbers as there is nowhere else for them to go, the charity Age UK has warned.
Its analysis shows patients spent a total of nearly 2.5 million days stuck in a hospital over the past five years.
Age UK said it was bad for patients’ health, a waste of NHS resources and a huge cost to taxpayers.
Hospital sets up food bank
Mum Kayleigh Emmerson, whose son Connor was born weighing just 1lb 10oz, said she would go hungry in order to pay for her bus fare to hospital
Newcastle Chronicle A food bank is to be set up at Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary Hospital to help parents of premature children facing poverty
Expensive: Parents with babies in neonatal care spend on average £280 a week
Devoted mother secures tickets for ill daughter to see Foo Fighters at Big Weekend
A devoted mother made her sick daughter’s dream come true after securing a chance to see the Foo Fighters tomorrow.
Abby Warne, 23, suffers from a rare neurological condition which means she requires 24-hour care and relies on crutches and a wheelchair to get around.
Miss Warne, who lives in Ringsfield near Beccles, had bought tickets to see the Foo Fighters at Wembley in June, but was forced to cancel after realising she would not be well enough to go.
