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In the Media: 24-30 August

  • 2 September 2009

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The Daily Mirror claims that Andy Burnham has changed his plans to introduce a £20 000 ‘care tax’. (27 Aug)

The Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail and Daily Express write that the middle class will face bigger bills for care under the Government’s plans for a ‘sliding scale’. (28 Aug)

General Care

The Times and The Independent report that two-thirds of heart patients are not getting the necessary follow-up advice and care, mentioning that many are not aware of what services exist. (24 Aug)

BBC Web, Financial Times, Daily Star, Evening Standard, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail record that the Patients Association has published a dossier detailing poor basic care given to NHS patients. (27 Aug)

In the Daily Telegraph, Dr Max Pemberton writes that care standards in the NHS have fallen because nurses’ time is taken up with bureaucracy. The newspaper’s leading article calls for a zero-tolerance approach to poor nursing care. (28 Aug)

In the Daily Mail, Rona Johnson writes that nurses’ training needs to be reformed. (28 Aug)

A feature in The People discusses the case of an elderly woman who died 2 days after being sent home from a care home. (30 Aug)

The Sunday Times reports that patient care in hospitals is being left to recruits with minimal training, in order to save money. (30 Aug)

Dementia in the press
The Daily Mirror discusses research into the possible link between suncream and Alzheimer’s. (25 Aug)

Daily Mail and Daily Express write that Warwickshire County Council has launched a pilot scheme giving sat-navs to dementia patients, so that they can be found if they get lost. (27 Aug)

Daily Mail reports a finding that overweight people are at greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s. (27 Aug)

General
BBC Web and Ananova report on a criticism by an APPG on Muscular Dyspathy of NHS care for those with muscle-wasting disorders. (24 Aug)

The Guardian writes that some academics are employing mental health service users to help them in their research. (25 Aug)

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