Tag Archives: Norfolk
MP’s concern over lack of wheelchair access at Norwich assessment centre
Adam Gretton Health correspondent adam.gretton@archant.co.uk
Monday, August 26, 2013
A Norfolk MP has called on the government to ensure that all medical assessment centres are disability friendly after highlighting the accessibility problems at a Norwich facility.
ATOS disability protestors in Norwich. Photo: Bill Smith
Protesters gathered outside a Norwich disability centre last year to demonstrate about the lack of wheelchair access at St Mary’s House, which is run by private contractor Atos Healthcare.
The centre in Duke Street, where people undergo medicals for disability benefits, can not be visited by wheelchair users, has no parking and is a not near a bus or train station.
MP Richard Bacon urged the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to ensure that Atos Healthcare’s centres are accessible to wheelchair users and people with limited mobility.
New Admiral Nurse deliver extra dementia support in Norfolk
Patients living with dementia and their carers are receiving more support
Norfolk’s first Admiral Nurse, Zena Aldridge. Picture: Denise Bradley
Adam Gretton Health correspondent adam.gretton@archant.co.uk
Thursday, August 22, 2013
6:30 AM
Patients living with dementia and their carers are receiving more support following the recruitment of Norfolk’s first Admiral Nurses.
The county’s first specialist dementia nurses have begun working in the mid Norfolk area to help dementia patients after Dementia UK and Age UK Norfolk joined forces for a two year pilot scheme.
Zena Aldridge became the county’s first Admiral Nurse in April after the two charities received £60,000 from the People’s Health Trust.
Roundabout for young wheelchair users to enjoy
A roundabout with a difference in Norfolk
Norman Lamb MP and Tom FitzPatrick, leader of NNDC, launch the new Kidabout play equipment at Sea Palling playing field. Norman and Tom give ten year-old wheelchair user Angel Allen, and other local children, a push on the equipment. PHOTO: ANTONY KELLY
Friday, August 16, 2013
8:07 PM
Fun-loving Angel Allen can sit in comfort as she enjoys a trip on the merry-go-round in her local playground.
Sea Palling now has its own ‘kidabout’ roundabout, specially designed to allow wheelchair users such as Angel, 10, to enjoy a ride.
The kidabout’s ground-floor base and wide entry means Angel, of St Margaret’s Place, can park her wheelchair easily on board, and enjoy a whirl alongside little brother Ben, four.
