Plans to "radically drive up" standards of social care in England to protect the elderly have been unveiled by the government. They include an online "good care guide" to allow family members to rate and review care homes and providers. Age UK "broadly welcomed" the rating suggestion but called for more...Read In Full...

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Telehealth monitoring equipment worth around £750m is to be given to three million people with long-term health conditions over the nest five years, the Prime Minister announced at the launch of the life sciences strategy. People suffering from lung disease, heart failure, arthritis or high blood...Read In Full...

Veritas are proud to be sponsoring the latest National Association of Equipment Providers regional meeting.  The meeting will take place on November 24th 2011 from 10.00am to 13.30pm at the Buckinghamshire Community Equipment Store, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.Read In Full...

London transport is 'getting worse' in the runup to the 2012 Games and could turn legacy claims into an embarrassment. Read more.Read In Full...

Patients are facing increasing delays in being discharged from hospital, figures obtained by the BBC suggest. The problem - known as bed-blocking - happens when support from social care or district nursing is not available in the community for vulnerable patients. Department of Health data shows that in the...Read In Full...

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The Government asked Dr Andrew Murrison MP to lead a review into the prosthetic services currently offered to veterans by the NHS. This followed concern by service charities and some serving personnel who have been seriously injured, that the NHS may not be equipped to provide...Read In Full...

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“The EU needs to get more people with disabilities into jobs and include provisions on disability in more of its other policies,” says the Maltese Parliament in a resolution, passed on Tuesday, on the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020. “Over 80 million people, i.e. around 16% of the...Read In Full...

Prime minister David Cameron has announced that the government is investing up to £15 million to support the recommendations to improve prosthetics services for military veterans who have lost a limb due to activities while serving their country. In January, the government asked Dr Andrew Murrison MP...Read In Full...

Half of all hospitals are failing to meet basic standards in care for the elderly. The Care Quality Commission's recent findings are, shockingly, no shock to anyone. As a letter to the Guardian the following day pointed out, these were exactly the findings of a ...Read In Full...

Hospital bosses are sparking a storm of protest from patient watchdogs by introducing charges on the disabled to use their car parks. As cash-strapped NHS trusts struggle to balance their books, a growing number of hospital car parks have started charging blue badge holders for...Read In Full...

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The nation needs to slash five billion calories from its daily diet – the equivalent of 16.9m cheeseburgers – according to the health secretary, Andrew Lansley. Faced with an obesity crisis that a succession of initiatives on exercise have failed to turn around, Lansley and the chief...Read In Full...

A new £6m centre which brings together treatment and care for children with disabilities under one roof has been called a "lifeline" by parents. The Serennu Children's Centre in Newport means young patients can have different specialist appointments scheduled in the same place, and cut down...Read In Full...

David Flory, Deputy NHS Chief Executive, issued a letter today which provides information on plans for Payment by Results (PbR) in 2012-13. These plans include an expansion in the scope of PbR into areas such as adult mental health, and a further increase in the coverage...Read In Full...

Veritas are delighted to have been invited to present at the annual congress of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, to be held on the 7th & 8th October at the BT Convention Centre, Liverpool.Read In Full...

The OFT has today issued a warning about traders that use unfair sales practices to sell mobility aids such as scooters, stairlifts and adjustable beds to the elderly and disabled in their home. Last year, Consumer Direct, the OFT-managed advice service, received 4,500 calls from people complaining...Read In Full...

People may be paying too much for mobility aids such as mobility scooters and stair-lifts, and the elderly and disabled can experience high pressure and misleading sales practices when buying this equipment at home, the OFT has warned. During the course of its market study into mobility...Read In Full...