Tag Archives: Norfolk
A amazing young woman with Down’s Syndrome has been singled out as a role model
Inspirational” Brogan highlighted as a role model in government report
Saturday, August 13, 2011
12:00 PM
A young woman with Down’s Syndrome who works in Norwich has been singled out as a role model in a report to the government intended to encourage people with disabilities into employment.
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Every Sunday Brogan Johnston, 22, from Fakenham is buzzing with excitement in anticipation of starting a new working week.
She works 30 hours a week as a post room porter and Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and her positive attitude led to her being invited to Whitehall, London to record a short video which is now on the website YouTube.
Social care shake up for thousands in Norfolk
Social care shake up for thousands in Norfolk
by DAN GRIMMER, Public affairs correspondent
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
2:04 PM
Thousands of elderly and disabled people are set for a huge social care shake-up within weeks, after councillors agreed a radical shift in how Norfolk’s vulnerable are looked after.
Members of Norfolk County Council’s controlling cabinet agreed yesterday to shift the authority away from running day centres.
The council will instead hand personal budgets to people who use those services so they can choose what to spend the money on.
Dismay over rejection of MS pill trialled in Norwich
This will leave some MS patients with no effective treatment choice.
By KIM BRISCOE, Health correspondent Friday, August 5, 2011
6.30 AM
A mother-of-two who has been taking the first pill to treat multiple sclerosis has told of her “dread” of being without the drug, after it was initially rejected by the medicines watchdog.
“I dread the thought of it not being available to me and this decision makes me sad and cross that it won’t be generally available to anyone else.”
MS patient Amanda Cook
In draft guidance, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) has rejected the drug fingolimod, which has been trialled in Norwich, recommending it is not made freely available to NHS patients in England.
