25/01/2012
Have you had experience of hospital and community services through the care and support of family or friends? Do you belong to a support or care group associated with long term or terminal illness?If the answer is "yes", to either or both these questions, this is an invitation to join a Patient and Public Reference Group to support the development of an End of Life Care Strategy for Portsmouth and South East Hampshire.The vision of the End of Life Strategy is to enable adult patients to re...
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20/01/2012
One of the most popular New Year’s resolutions is to eat better so if you need some inspiration, the new Supermeals campaign provides tasty ideas for healthier, affordable meals that are quick and easy to make, fitting in with busy lifestyles. "We realise that families often want to lose weight and get fit after the festive season, but are also watching the pennies," said Dr Ruth Milton on behalf of the directors of Public Health for the Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmout...
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20/01/2012
User Friendly Guide on Purchasing CareVoluntary Organisations Disability Group (VODG) has produced a guide for service users and families on buying care. The guide is aimed at people requiring support for themselves, a friend or relative, and aims to provide help with what to look for when choosing a provider, as well as questions to ask in finding and paying for support. The focus is around issues where people needing support for themselves or family members have been confused around, for examp...
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20/01/2012
Using the learning gained form the development of self-directed support in the last few years, In Control want to make the next stages going forward as successful as possible in tough times by reflecting with partners on what works and what does not. A piece of work will be developed with a practical focus, linking with people and families needing self-directed support as well as commissioners and providers who deliver it. Key elements such as leadership, culture and co-production will be consid...
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20/01/2012
Last week Carers UK along with other charities, care providers, health colleagues and unions made up over 60 signatories on an open letter to David Cameron calling for cross-party action on social care reform for older and disabled people. The letter follows recent evidence of rising care costs to families and the NHS, and urges action to be taken to meet the challenge of the ageing population. The letter argues that currently the system is failing in light of this challenge, with consequent ris...
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20/01/2012
The King’s Fund with Nuffield Trust has produced a paper in response to the Department of Health’s request for help in supporting and developing its national strategy on integrated care and to feed into the on-going work of the NHS Future Forum. The report examines the case for integrated care; barriers to overcome; what the DH can do to provide a supporting framework to enable integrated care to flourish; and options for support to those implementing integrated care.Recommendations ...
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20/01/2012
There is still a prevalence of the winter vomiting bug, "norovirus", in the region and with local hospitals seeing higher numbers then expected, your NHS wants to help you help yourself and avoid falling ill."The winter vomiting bug can be a serious illness and although most people can recover from resting at home and drinking plenty of fluids; it is causing some more vulnerable people to need hospital treatment," said Dr Graham Watkinson, Southampton public health consultant for the Southa...
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13/01/2012
Crossroads Care is extending its support for Hampshire’s carers. People who struggle to care for others need a break, and Crossroads now aims to provide this much needed support in Hampshire. There are over 150,000 unpaid carers in Hampshire. Please click here http://www.havantccs.org.uk/ENEWS/ENEWS%20095%20CROSSROADS.pdf to see the press release. You can also find out more about Crossroads Care on their website - www.crossroadscare-sc.orgsource : Havant Council of Community Service
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13/01/2012
On 1 December 2011, the government announced a discussion with disabled people to gather suggestions for a new cross-government disability strategy. The Government’s ambition is to enable disabled people to fulfil their potential and have opportunities to play a full role in society. To realise this ambition, they want to tackle barriers to realising aspirations and individual control, as well as change attitudes and behaviour towards disabled people. You can contribute to the new disabili...
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13/01/2012
From Monday, January 16, 2012, specialist Sexual Health Services for residents of Hampshire and Portsmouth are changing. The service can now be contacted through a single local telephone number - 0300 300 2016 or via a new website at www.letstalkaboutit.nhs.uk. This new service is the result of detailed work undertaken by NHS Hampshire and NHS Portsmouth to redesign and integrate local sexual health services following discussions with local residents and service users about their needs and...
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