Council cuts research paints troubling picture
http://www.disabledgo.com/, 11 August 2011
Scores of disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) and other disability charities across England have had their council funding cut or removed completely this year, according to new research.
Clegg promised no back-door privatisation of NHS. But new white paper opens the front door
falseeconomy.org, 19 July 2011
One of the most significant features of the NHS is summed up in the very first clause of the National Health Service Act 1948:
Southern Cross exposes flaws in the choice agenda
guardian.co.uk, 2 August 2011
Ministers imagine that by hiving-off services they can disentangle the state and leave failing outfits to go to the wall. But their transformation plan is plain impractical
New research for people with Bipolar Disorder, their relatives, and their health professionals Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 25/07/2011 A new research project is being undertaken across Cumbria to evaluate the benefits and barriers of involving the relatives of people with bipolar disorder in their care.
YOUNG PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY FEATURE IN NATIONAL ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN
Young people with a learning disability will feature in a national TV, radio and print advertising campaign which aims to raise £300,000 for learning disability charity Mencap.
Today, the NHS has released figures showing a worrying trend in the number of young people receiving treatment from the NHS for eating disorders.
The figures indicate that in the last three years 98 children between the ages of five and seven were admitted to hospitals due to disordered eating, alongside 99 aged eight and nine and almost 400 between ten and twelve.
Also around 1,500 teenagers between thirteen and fifteen have been hospitalised for severe disordered eating in the same period.
Barrow Walking Festival was a success
North West Evening Mail, 2 August 2011
A WALKING festival drew thousands to Furness.
Barrow and Furness MP John Woodcock launched the five-week Furness Walking Festival at the start of July.
The programme included events aimed at children, with a very popular ‘owl prowl', bat walk and a walk including beach combing.
Cuts to bus services threaten the most vulnerable say MPs
http://www.parliament.uk/, 11 August 2011
Extensive cuts to rural, evening and weekend bus services are damaging the ability of many people – especially the old, young or disabled – to participate in employment, education or voluntary work and to access vital services such as healthcare and retail facilities, say MPs.
Sexual health checks for Cumbria music festival-goers
News & Star, 25 July 2011
This event has now been held
Glow-in-the-dark condoms will be given to young festival-goers checked for chlamydia in Cumbria.
Luxury loos will be in place at Kendal Calling where people will be able to get checked for the most common sexually-transmitted infection affecting 15 to 24 year-olds.
The deadline for this is now closed
Contributions needed for New Book...
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