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Free flu jabs for carers
Free flu jabs for ‘at risk’ groups in NHS Forth Valley
AT RISK people in Bo’ness, Blackness and Whitecross are urged to get their annual free flu jab, that this year includes the swine flu strain.
Last flu season, NHS Forth Valley achieved Scotland’s highest uptake of over-65s.
Scotland Announces Almost A Million Pounds To Support Short Breaks For Carers
The funding will support young carers and adult carers
Source: eGov monitor -A Policy Dialogue Platform
Published Monday, 17 October, 2011 – 09:36
The Scottish government has allocated £954,000 to fund short breaks for 3,500 young and adult carers across Scotland. Fifty-eight organisations have been offered a share of almost £954,000 for a variety of short breaks projects. This includes 14 groups who help carers purchase their own breaks.
The funding will support young carers and adult carers who care for disabled children, people with dementia, mental health problems and other long-term conditions, substance misuse problems, adults with learning disabilities and adults with physical disabilities.
Scheme is the first of its kind in the UK gives choice to terminally ill
More terminally-ill patients have chance to die at home
By SUE GYFORD
Published on Friday 14 October 2011 12:05
MORE terminally-ill patients are to have the opportunity to die at home thanks to a new scheme aimed at speeding up their discharge from hospital.
