Last week’s first National Arts in Health Conference and Showcase set about clearly spelling out the numerous, often unrecognised, benefits of arts-related health interventions. The arts organisations were keen to overcome the barrier of the health sector seeing the arts as an additional, even fluffy ‘nice to have’, something peripheral, instead of integral to progress. Sound familiar to anyone working in the third sector?
On January 27th, the House of Lords voted to remove Clauses 13 and 14 from the Welfare Reform and Work Bill which would cut the money people on Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) Work Related Activity Group (WRAG) and the limited capability for work element of Universal Credit receive. In current payment terms, this would represent a reduction of almost £30 a week (from £102.15 to £73.10) for recipients.
The announcement has been welcomed by Richmond Group members.
As 2015 draws to a close and we are looking ahead to the coming year, we are very pleased to announce that our membership is increasing from the ten current members to include two additional charities: the Alzheimer’s Society and Arthritis Research UK.
My name is Rachel; I had my stroke in May 2015. They called it a left lacunar infarct – one of the many new medical terms I’ve had to learn.
I was in hospital for six days. The care and treatment I received and continue to receive on the ‘Early Supported Discharge Service’ was and is outstanding! As is the support and help I receive from my stroke support worker from the Stroke Association.
Self-Care Week gives us the opportunity to pat ourselves on the back if we are looking after ourselves and consider what else we could do to take better care of ourselves. At Asthma UK we don’t think that people are given the right tools to keep their asthma under control so we are looking at ways in which the NHS and other organisations, including us, can support people living with asthma to better control their asthma every single day.
The Richmond Group welcomes NHS England’s declaration on person-centred care for long-term conditions, launched at the recent Health and Care Innovation Expo in Manchester.
The declaration outlines the importance of person-centred care for everyone at all stages of life and during all stages of the care journey.
