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‘Here’s a map now get to Ipswich’ what woman was told in latest twist in Norwich disabled centre saga

A disabled Norwich woman has spoken of her shock at being sent a map and told to find her own way 45 miles to Ipswich to find out if she is fit to work.

LIB DEM MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRANSPORT ANNOUNCES GOVERNMENT FUNDING TO MAKE STATIONS ACCESSIBLE TO ALL

Forty-two train stations in England, Scotland and Wales will receive a share of a £100 million government fund to improve access for disabled passengers, Lib Dem Rail Minister Baroness Kramer announced today (29 April 2014).

Mental health patients, not being treated near to their home.

A lack of beds is forcing mental health patients in England to seek treatment in other NHS facilities up to hundreds of miles away, BBC research has found. The number of patients travelling to seek emergency treatment has more than doubled in two years - from 1,301 people in 2011-12 to 3,024 in 2013-14. Earlier this year one patient was admitted to a deaf unit as no beds were available anywhere in the country.

Complacency could be causing a rise in asthma deaths.

People suffering from asthma are dying unnecessarily because of complacency among both medical staff and patients, according to the first national study of asthma deaths in the UK.

Dementia friendly workplaces should be created.

Businesses must become more dementia-friendly and support employees who care for loved ones with dementia, says the government. With dementia affecting nearly 700,000 people in England alone, thousands of working friends and relatives end up taking on the role of carer.