Future Roots provides an innovative health and social care service that uses farming to support the wellbeing ofmen with conditions such as Dementia and Parkinsons. This is set to expand across the UK,thanks to National Lottery funding. Future Roots has been awarded£370,000 to provide a working farm environment to...
Dorset’s journey to become an accountable care system (ACS) involved a three-year programme of work. This included a new focus on co-design, open and honest dialogue, some difficult conversations and the cultivation of strong relationships between partners old and new. This cannot be done quickly and there are no...
I have today begun my claim for Personal Independence Payments (PIP) as Disability Living Allowance (DLA) comes to an end and I shall update as it progresses.The process begins, and the claim is set up, by phone. I should receive the written form (PIP2) within 2 weeks and DLA...
Retired deli owner Vivien Bishop, 71, has a sherry in her hand and a smile on her face as she chats to other people at our day session in Blandford. Vivien is dropped off by her husband every Thursday for five hours of activities in the town’s community hospital...
Today, new statistics revealed that call handlers working for the Metropolitan Police received calls relating to mental health every five minutes last year.As the Association of Police & Crime Commissioners lead for mental health and custody issues, I find the figures alarming but unsurprising. It’s no secret that policing...
• Assessing the quality of services provided in people’s own homes can often be difficult for care bosses. • New research compiles views of almost 3,500 people on what it’s like to receive help at home including support preparing meals, getting dressed and using the bathroom. • Most experience...
Who would know by looking at her that Mary Thompson, 70, is a ninja? Mary, who attends Weldmar’s day services in Weymouth, is a 4th Dan in karate – one of possibly only three women to have reached that level in the country. The diminutive pensioner could kick you...
Forty years ago, Linda Walsh’s six-year-old son pointed at Kevin Beamin and told her firmly: “I like THAT one.” Next month, after four decades together the pair will tie the knot to the strains of Etta James’ At Last, with her two sons giving her away. Linda, 69, from...
Yesterday, Jeremy Hunt (Health Secretary) announced plans to recruit almost 10,000 staff to mental health posts over the next 4 years. The money would be drawn from the £1.3bn 'committed' to improve mental services (with the aim to bring services in parity with physical health). As a mental health campaigner, I...
Copy of LETTER TO RICHARD DRAX MP Hon. Richard Drax MP House of Commons London SW1A 0AA 29 July 2017 Dear Mr Drax The Trade Deal with the USA I wish to express my grave concerns over the secret talks Liam Fox is having with the US administration over...
