The Senior’s Summer Scheme was a great success with seniors from the area enjoying a packed schedule of fun activities, including “Green fingers”, a trip to the American Folk Park, Seniors Sports Day, a Mystery Trip and a 60′s and 70′s dress up party and BBQ….
Have a look below at some of the pics
The Seniors Summer Scheme has been running this week, with seniors from the area enjoying a packed schedule of fun activities, including “Green fingers”, a trip to the American Folk Park, Seniors Sports Day, a Mystery Trip (no clues) and a 60′s and 70′s dress up party and BBQ….pics to follow
The young peoples health fair was a great success, come and have a peak at some of the pics!!
Teenage girls could be causing serious damage to their health by not having enough calcium in their diet.
For the first time Northern Ireland’s been included in a UK diet and nutrition survey which found too many girls here are deficient in calcium.
The survey showed that there is a worrying perception among teenagers that dairy products, which are rich in calcium, are fattening and, as a result, they cut them out of their diet.
Here are some of the facts and figures on the role of dairy products in teenage health:
- New research shows that teenage girls are only consuming the equivalent of half a glass of milk per day.
- The research also found that around 1 in 10 teenage girls had very low intakes of calcium.
- The teenage years are a crucial time for bone building – calcium requirements are greater during these years than at any other time. Around 90% of the adult skeleton is formed by the age of 18. Not getting enough calcium means that our bones may not be as strong as they could be.
- A glass of milk (200ml) could provide a teenage girl with around one third of her calcium needs in addition to a range of other vital nutrients.
- Milk is also low in fat. Semi-skimmed is only 2% fat and less than 100 calories per glass. Levels of calcium are not reduced in lower fat milks.
- The Dairy Council for Northern Ireland is running a major campaign, ‘Get the milk in, Mum’ to encourage everyone in the family to enjoy more milk.
The health minister has said nurses’ jobs are not under threat because of spending cuts.
The Royal College of Nursing claimed up to 1,300 jobs in Northern Ireland could be cut in a bid to save money.
However, Michael McGimpsey said there were no plans to reduce nursing staff.
The figures were released as the RCN launched a UK-wide Frontline First campaign to highlight the threat to services.
It warned that up to 1,300 jobs would be cut in Northern Ireland, including about 500 nursing posts.
The Department of Health recently announced a 2% cut in the Health and Social care pay bill.
The RCN’s director of nursing, Janice Smyth, said it was paramount that the health trusts engage with those delivering front line services as they know best where the efficiencies can be made.
The Health Department’s policy of no longer using bank or agency staff means that increasingly nurses are not being replaced when gaps appear in a rota due to sickness or maternity, the RCN added.
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust has admitted negligence over the care of a pensioner who died in hospital.
The case of Lily Convill was settled out of court on Monday.
Mrs Convill, who was 79, fell at her home on the Donegall Road in south Belfast in 2005 and died seven months later in the Royal Victoria Hospital.
Her family claimed she was not treated properly and died from septicaemia as a result. The trust has paid the family £40,000 damages and costs.
The family said their mother was first admitted to the Royal in January 2005 with a suspected broken hip.
They said for 15 days the hospital could not decide whether the hip was broken or not.
Mrs Convill developed a pressure sore on her heel which grew and grew until “her whole heel turned black”.
“It developed into gangrene and eventually my mother died of septicaemia because of that,” her daughter Christina said.
In a statement, the trust said it admitted liability and deeply regretted the distress felt by the Convill family, but was not in a position to say anything further.
Mrs Convill’s son George said his mother had suffered a “horrible death”.
“We were sorely let down and my mother paid for it with her life,” he said.
Christina said one of the most distressing aspects was that her mother realised she was not getting proper care.
“What she said to me was ‘I can’t believe I came in here with a broken hip and I’m either going to go out in a box or with my leg amputated – I just can’t understand this’”, she said.
