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Norfolk NHS conference sees vision of improved mental health care
A vision of improved nursing training and care to prevent a repeat of recent scandals involving dementia and mental health patients was delivered at an NHS conference in Norfolk yesterday
By dominic bareham
Saturday, May 12, 2012
12:02 PM
The NHS Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust wants to revitalise the traditional caring and supportive role of nurses following recent reports over a failure in the most basic care given to dementia and mental health patients.
In October, a report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) revealed inspectors made 100 unannounced visits to hospitals across the country to assess dignity and nutrition standards and found 55 cases where the care received by elderly patients was “alarming.”
Particular areas of concern were a lack of support for those who needed help eating, poor hygiene and curtains not being closed properly.
Locally, the CQC has given the James Paget University Hospital in Gorleston three warnings about the standard of patient care.
Norfolk ex-soldier with multiple sclerosis having to sell family home to pay care bill
West Norfolk pensioners pay thousands towards care bill for ex-Royal Artillery officer who served in Northern Ireland
by Donna Semmens Thursday, May 10, 2012
7:36 AM
Tim Sudbury who has MS and his wife Marion, at their home in Walpole St Peter which they are having to leave because of a battle with Norfolk County Council over care fees. Picture: Matthew Usher.
The financial struggles facing the elderly and disabled were shown last night after a former soldier suffering from multiple sclerosis said he would have to sell his family home of 30 years to pay his annual care bills.
Norfolk to get its first Admiral Nurse for dementia care
By Kim Briscoe
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
6:30 AM
Admiral Nurses have been described as offering the same sort of support as Macmillan nurses, but for families and people affected by dementia instead of cancer.
There are only 85 Admiral Nurses in the UK and none in Norfolk, but a year ago Dementia UK, the charity behind the nurses, unveiled plans to bring their care to the county.
Barbara Stephens, chief executive of Dementia UK, said: “The very good news is that we have got some funding from a funder, but we can’t say who at this stage.
