{"id":183423,"date":"2010-01-15T09:25:36","date_gmt":"2010-01-15T14:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/careandsupport.direct.gov.uk\/?p=2445"},"modified":"2010-01-15T09:25:36","modified_gmt":"2010-01-15T14:25:36","slug":"in-the-media-28-dec-%e2%80%93-03-jan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/183423","title":{"rendered":"In the Media: 28 Dec \u2013 03 Jan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>General Care<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/society\/2009\/dec\/29\/parent-champions-disabled-children\" >The Guardian<\/a> reports on parents of disabled children to be recruited by councils to help other parents in similar situations under plans to improve access to childcare. (Dec 29)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/life_and_style\/health\/mental_health\/article6972032.ece\" >The Times<\/a> reports on a number of initiatives that are offering a lifeline to those elderly suffering loneliness. (Dec 31)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nds.coi.gov.uk\/clientmicrosite\/Content\/Detail.aspx?ClientId=46&amp;NewsAreaId=2&amp;ReleaseID=409997&amp;SubjectId=36\" >Department of Health<\/a> urges the public to make a New Year&#8217;s resolution to look in on older neighbours. (Dec 31)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/uk\/2010\/jan\/01\/social-workers-stress-epidemic-feared\" >The Guardian<\/a> reports on social workers suffering &#8216;epidemic of stress&#8217; as average worker takes off 25 days of sick leave a year. (Jan 2)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/news\/politics\/article6973464.ece\" >The Times<\/a> reports that under Tory proposals, thousands of children in care would be placed in state boarding schools. (Jan 2)<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sundayexpress.co.uk\/posts\/view\/149405\/NHS-steals-millions-from-our-hero-carers\" >Sunday Express<\/a> reports that the NHS is using millions of pounds earmarked for carers to plug holes in healthcare budgets. (Jan 3)<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/top-stories\/2010\/01\/03\/400-midwives-quit-and-go-abroad-115875-21938157\/\" >Sunday Mirror<\/a> reports on new figures that reveal that almost 400 midwives have emigrated, despite massive NHS shortages. (Jan 3)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/society\/2010\/jan\/03\/mulberry-bush-sanctuary-traumatised-children\" >The Observer<\/a>\u00a0features Mulberry Bush school in Oxfordshire, which treats damaged and disturbed children. (Jan 3)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dementia in the press<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/health\/healthadvice\/maxpemberton\/6839542\/The-true-spirit-of-Christmas-belongs-in-the-dementia-unit.html\" >The Daily Telegraph<\/a> has comments on sufferers of dementia in care homes at Christmas. (Jan 3)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Care The Guardian reports on parents of disabled children to be recruited by councils to help other parents in similar situations under plans to improve access to childcare. (Dec 29) The Times reports on a number of initiatives that are offering a lifeline to those elderly suffering loneliness. (Dec 31) Department of Health urges [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183423\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}