A SOUTHAMPTON care home supporting people with learning disability or autism has been told it “requires improvement” in its latest inspection report. The Integra Care Management care home on Winchester Road was told it required improvement in its most recent CQC report, publish earlier this month. The home, which provides accommodation and personal care to people with a learning […]
Thousands of UK workers will enjoy a pre-Christmas pay bump if their employer is a member of the “real living wage” campaign. Businesses who have signed up to the voluntary scheme will lift their UK hourly rate by 30p to £9.30. People living in London will see their hourly pay rise by 20p to £10.75. […]
Patients with severe opioid addiction are being given brain implants to help reduce their cravings, in the first trial of its kind in the US. Gerod Buckhalter, 33, who has struggled with substance abuse for more than a decade with many relapses and overdoses, has already had the surgery. Lead doctor Ali Rezai described the […]
A SCHOOL in Netley has been forced to partially close today due to a heating failure. Three Year R classes at Netley Abbey Infant School were told not to go to school today because temperatures were below the legal and reasonable minimum for classrooms. In a text to parents, the school stated that they are […]
A disease that can harm the brain and which is spread to humans by tick bites has been identified in the UK for the first time in the New Forest. Public Health England (PHE) has confirmed the presence of the tick-borne encephalitis virus in Thetford Forest and on the Hampshire-Dorset border. PHE says the risk is “very low”, […]
NHS bosses have spent more than £20m over the last three years to send Hampshire mental health patients miles away from home for treatment. Between April 2018 and April 2019 Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust placed mental health patients in hospitals not run by the trust on 698 occasions, racking up a bill of £12.6m. […]
A NEW vaccine which could prevent babies developing a virus that can cause deadly respiratory infections is being trialled by Southampton hospital doctors. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a leading cause of serious lung inflammation in babies and can sometimes develop into pneumonia. Although it can affect people of all ages, it often causes only […]
Struggling to know where to go for support? The team at Healthwatch Southampton has compiled this information based on services recommended by local families, NHS and charitable organisations. This document was produced in September 2019 and is a snapshot of available support compiled from a number of sources. There may be other support available […]
A SOUTHAMPTON care home supporting people with learning disability or autism has been told it “requires improvement” in its latest inspection report. The Integra Care Management care home on Winchester Road was told it required improvement in its most recent CQC report, publish earlier this month. The home, which provides accommodation and personal care to […]
POTENTIALLY deadly face-down restraints are still being used at the Southern Health NHS Trust, figures reveal. Charity Mencap, which supports people with learning disabilities, says vulnerable patients locked in “modern day asylums” across England are being “put at risk of abuse and neglect”. Staff at the Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust (SHFT) reported physically restraining […]
