Tag Archives: Older care
Extra money to keep people warm and well in Norfolk
Requests for support from the fund can be made via Age UK
By KIM BRISCOE, Health correspondent Thursday, January 19, 2012
3.23 PM
Norfolk has successfully bid for £320,000 of extra funding from central Government to help its vulnerable residents stay warm and well over the next few months.
A partnership of organisations in Norfolk including local government, health and the voluntary sector, put in a bid for £324,300 from the Department of Health in December and found out that it had been successful just before Christmas.
Modern technology is ‘life-changing’
Remote telemonitoring combines technology and services that enable patients with chronic diseases to test their vital signs
THE latest technology and healthcare are working hand in hand to help thousands of people in Northern Ireland with long term chronic conditions take more control of managing their health in their own homes.
Remote telemonitoring combines technology and services that enable patients with chronic diseases to test their vital signs such as pulse, blood pressure, body weight, temperature, blood glucose and oxygen levels at home on a daily basis. The service is now being rolled out to 3,500 patients across Northern Ireland per annum for a period of six years.
The Health Bill – ‘outright Opposition’
NHS plans: Unions move to ‘outright opposition’
By Nick Triggle Health correspondent, BBC News
The unions representing nurses and midwives have joined others in stating their “outright opposition” to the government’s NHS plans in England.
The Royal College of Nursing and the Royal College of Midwives had expressed concerns in the past, but said they were willing to work with ministers.
However, now they want the entire bill covering the changes to be dropped.
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said the unions wanted to “have a go” at government about “pay and pensions”.
