MRSA ‘Killed Boy, 3, After Fall’
A boy caught a strain of MRSA in hospital and died a month after suffering a head injury when he jumped off steps at school, a court has heard.
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Patient ‘Attacked In A Hospital Bed’
A family have criticised a hospital after a man who had already been badly beaten was attacked by a delusional patient. Alcoholic Joseph Nicolas Williams, had been admitted to hospital after being assaulted during a night of drinking with friends.
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OAP Fell To Death From Care Home Window
An 84-year-old widow stepped off a window ledge and fell to her death three weeks after moving to a residential home, an inquest has heard. Iris Hill moved to Parkside House in Penarth, south Wales, in November 2006 from her home in the Vale of Glamorgan.
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‘Disgust’ At Child Hospital Cash
A funding row has broken out over the Children’s Hospital of Wales as Cardiff health chiefs say they cannot afford to give it priority over other services. As Cardiff Local Health Board discusses the issue, the Noah’s Ark Appeal – which has raised £10m for the hospital – voiced its “disgust”.
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Government Backs Campaign To End Mental Health Stigma
The government is to lend its weight to a concerted national campaign to eliminate the stigma that is blighting the lives of people suffering from mental illness, health ministers have announced.
{mosimage}The campaign, spearheaded by the UK’s high profile mental health charities, will use television advertising and community projects across England to tackle the prejudice that prevents those who suffer mental health problems from getting jobs, mortgages, friendships and a fair share of NHS care.
Ivan Lewis, the care services minister who took over responsibility for mental health this month, said:
“It is time to draw a line following years of division over the reform of mental health legislation.
“We should now unite to launch a sustained national campaign against the stigma and ignorance which has blighted the lives of too many people with mental health problems for too long.” He will announce the government’s support for a consortium led by the charities Mind and Rethink, which last week won £18m from the Big Lottery Fund and Comic Relief for a four-year anti-stigma campaign.
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Care Boss On Theft Charge
The boss of an old people’s home in Longtown has been charged with stealing property and cash worth £3,278. Ann Watt, 45, was relieved of her duties at Cumbria County Council’s Eskdale House in March pending a police probe into “misuse of funds”.
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Been There, Done That, And Given Away The T-Shirt!
No doubt about it, Francis Ward, Head of Skills, Research and Intelligence for Skills for Care has the power of persuasion when it comes to his favourite topic – the National Minimum Data Set for Social Care.
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Inquiry Into Drug Misuse Launched
A committee of MPs is to investigate the misuse of prescription and over-the-counter drugs. The All Party Parliamentary Group on Drug Misuse hopes to pin down the true scale and nature of the problem, and find ways to tackle it.
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Prime Minister Announces Commitment To Third Sector
The English Community Care Association (ECCA), the leading representative body for independent care homes, has welcomed the Prime Minister’s announcement of the Government’s intention to have a much clearer and long-term relationship with the third sector.
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Councils’ Emphasis On Costs Leaves Voluntary Sector Out
Local authorities are not referring enough children to voluntary sector children’s homes, reports a new study. This, the first major examination of voluntary sector provision of residential care, found 58% of providers had experienced a downturn in levels of occupancy in the last two years.
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