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Maritime Memories pack launched for people living with dementia Activities have been designed to combat loneliness and encourage sharing of memories Maritime Memories aims to combat loneliness and spark conversations about the past (Image: Alzheimers Society) Sign up to the Hull Live newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your ...

Published: 12:27 PM April 18, 2021    The empty Griffin Pub on the Yarmouth Road at Thorpe St Andrew. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY - Credit: Copyright: Archant 2020 A derelict former pub which has recently been engulfed in flames is one step closer to being brought back to use. Broadland Council gave the green light for the former Griffin site in Thorpe St Andrew to be demolished in January following a suspected arson attack. But a consultation has now been launched this month after Sequential I...

Thatcham care housing provider putting residents at risk of harm CQC report finds staff not administering medicine safely or on time Jonathan Ashby  ); A THATCHAM care housing provider has been criticised by a Government body for providing an unsafe service for a second consecutive year. A Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection of Alice Bye Court, run by Housing 21, found that residents were at risk of harm because staff hadn’t administered medicines safely and residents hadn’t consisten...

North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC) has welcomed the return of indoor care home visits and has set out a cautious and vigilant approach to keep people safe in a letter issued to all care providers. The County Council welcomes the Government’s guidance which sets out detail for the resumption of indoor visits from today (Monday). The council believes that visits by family and friends is vital to the wellbeing of their loved ones and is making every effort to ensure that visits can take p...

Images show how the former Pontypridd Magistrates Court is being transformed into a care facility Its hoped the new facility will be complete later this year Work is progressing at the new Cwrt yr Orsaf Extra Care development (Image: Rhondda Cynon Taf Council) There are always big stories on WalesOnline - dont miss any with our daily emailInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign me up now When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newslet...

THE ownership of Neuadd Maldwyn in Welshpool is set to be transferred to Clwyd Alyn housing association. Powys County Council’s (PCC) Independent/Conservative cabinet approved the transfer of ownership at its meeting on Tuesday, January 26. It follows a mammoth and at times fractious planning committee meeting which took over three hours to discuss the application on Friday, January 22, The £11.6 million plans by Clwyd Alyn to change the former Montgomeryshire Council headquarters i...

Neuadd Maldwyn Graphic - how it could look when finished. DECISIONS on planning applications for a £11.6 million transformation of Welshpool’s Neuadd Maldwyn into flats for older people, will ultimately be decided by the Welsh Government. The application by Clwyd Alyn Housing Association  to turn the Grade II listed building into 66 one and two-bedroom apartments, could be “called in” to be decided by the Welsh Government. This meant that a decision made by PCC’s Planning commi...

She told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: “We knew they (the council) would push it through quietly. “There are still vulnerable people in those homes that were moved from other places because they needed the wardens. It’s really scary, I feel for the people that are still there.” A particular concern for her was how carers would get in and out of the flats, as she said on-site wardens used to let carers in when residents were too impaired to do so. The Local Democracy Rep...

AN APPLICATION that will see a new 64-bed mental health unit built at Glan Clwyd Hospital is to be considered by Denbighshire’s planning committee. The new multi-million pound facility, which also includes a multi storey car park, will be built at the rear of the hospital opposite the existing pathology department, on the former carpark. It will replace the care currently provided at the hospital’s Ablett Unit which is deemed ‘no longer fit for purpose’. Outline planning permiss...

Amenities On this point, the RWAG asked: "How many homes can the town support in such a dense location? There is no thought given to the resources within the town such as policing, transport, healthcare, etc." With healthcare addressed as a specific issue, the developers response to this query centred on policing: "We are of course liaising with the police on Secure by Design." Healthcare Capacity concerns are a key part of RWAGs opposition to the development. It alleges that Queens Hospital...