NHS England is now able to offer microprocessor controlled prosthetic knees under newly approved funding. John Morris, an amputee of over 50 years and a patient at the Bristol Centre for Enablement, is one of the first to benefit from this new policy. At the age of 14, John from Catcott in Somerset had his left leg amputated through the ... Read More »
A Dundee couple are perfectly placed to give lessons in love for Valentine’s Day – because this year will be the 71st time they will be celebrating February 14 together. John Mackay, 96, and wife Edith (known as Eci), 92, believe they can give couples of all ages some simple tips for a long and happy marriage: be romantic all year ... Read More »
A Glasgow care home has given invaluable training to parishioners and Sisters of a local church to help raise further awareness of dementia. Bupa’s Craigbank Care Home, on Saracen Street, ran a training session at its dementia cafe which was attended by the Sisters of the Church of St. Teresa of Lisieux, the local community and relatives of the home’s ... Read More »
National deafblind charity Sense has responded to the Health Select Committee’s report examining the impact of the Spending Review on health and social care. The report, which states that the scale of the health funding challenge is ‘colossal’, highlights that despite increased health and social care spending, services are under unprecedented strain and struggling to keep pace with rising demand. ... Read More »
A Retirement housing development in North Lanarkshire has been lit up by an array of weekly and monthly events thanks to a dedicated group of tenants, including a husband and wife team, and a hard working volunteer. Ranging from day trips, computing, craft & exercise classes to an annual holiday, tenants at Greenlawn Court, Wishaw have been working hard to ... Read More »
Kidz to Adultz South Thursday 9 June 2016 9.30am – 4. 30pm Rivermead Leisure Complex, Reading, RG1 8EQ Visitor’s FREE entry tickets available! Do you know or work with children and/or young people up to the age of 25 with disabilities or additional needs? Are you a parent, carer, family member supporting a child or young person with a disability or ... Read More »
Special Yoga Foundation, the charity founded to provide yoga as a therapeutic intervention for children with special needs throughout the UK and across the world. Special Yoga is a centre of excellence for Therapeutic and Professional Yoga Teacher Training offering programs for yoga teachers, parents and paediatric professionals to deliver yoga as a therapeutic treatment in the special needs community. ... Read More »
A free e-learning programme is being launched to help health and social care workers broaden their knowledge of cancer care in the community. The Royal Marsden School, which has a national and international reputation for excellence in cancer education, commissioned e-learning provider Sponge UK to create the new healthcare training. The e-learning course is made up of four modules on ... Read More »
Getting doctors appointments should be made easier for people who are at work or school during the day, a report has recommended. The Patient and Client Council has made a series of recommendations after surveying more than 8,200 people in NI. Read More »
RNIB Pears Centre for Specialist Learning (formerly RNIB Rushton School and Children’s Home) offers individually-tailored education, care and therapies to young people with complex needs who are blind or partially sighted up to the age of 19. Short breaks and respite care, outreach and training are also available. Read More »
The corporate owners of private hospitals dealing with NHS-funded patients are to be subject to tests to check if they are “fit and proper” persons to be involved with healthcare. The tests would be part of reforms to ensure there was no “repeat of the abuse uncovered” by the BBC last Read More »
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