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Yahoo
02-07-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Mum pens book to help children cope with hospital
A Surrey author has written a book designed to help children cope with a stay in hospital. Bex Grace wrote The Hospital Stay with Frimley Health with input from Frimley Park Hospital's paediatric team. Bex and her two children were born at the hospital and she is a member of the Maternity Voices Frimley group. A hospital spokesperson said the book offered "clear, age-appropriate communication and playful storytelling to reduce anxiety and empower children, while supporting parents and carers to guide their children through the experience". Every illustration is based on real scenes from hospitals at the trust, where 25% of all patients are children. James Clarke, the trust's chief strategy officer at Frimley Heath NHS Foundation Trust, said: "When I visited the hospital with my own four-year-old, I saw first-hand how many questions young children have and how important it is to help them feel at ease. "This book is a beautiful example of how we can make our ambitions real for children and families, helping them understand what great care looks like. "Bex's story is one of giving back, she's a local author, a parent, and a true partner in our mission to make hospital care better for everyone." The Hospital Stay with Frimley Health is available now on the Frimley Health Charity website, which will receive all profits from book sales. Follow BBC Surrey on Facebook, on X. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@ or WhatsApp us on 08081 002250. Hospitals in South East given £67m for repairs Hospital extension welcomes first patients Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
BBC News
02-07-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Surrey mum writes book to help children cope with hospital
A Surrey author has written a book designed to help children cope with a stay in Grace wrote The Hospital Stay with Frimley Health with input from Frimley Park Hospital's paediatric and her two children were born at the hospital and she is a member of the Maternity Voices Frimley group.A hospital spokesperson said the book offered "clear, age-appropriate communication and playful storytelling to reduce anxiety and empower children, while supporting parents and carers to guide their children through the experience". Every illustration is based on real scenes from hospitals at the trust, where 25% of all patients are Clarke, the trust's chief strategy officer at Frimley Heath NHS Foundation Trust, said: "When I visited the hospital with my own four-year-old, I saw first-hand how many questions young children have and how important it is to help them feel at ease."This book is a beautiful example of how we can make our ambitions real for children and families, helping them understand what great care looks like."Bex's story is one of giving back, she's a local author, a parent, and a true partner in our mission to make hospital care better for everyone."The Hospital Stay with Frimley Health is available now on the Frimley Health Charity website, which will receive all profits from book sales.
Daily Mail
24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Scott Wolf's ex Kelley breaks silence on divorce in agonizing interview... as details of her psychiatric hold are revealed
Kelley Wolf broke her silence on her divorce from Scott Wolf as she enjoyed a night out with friends following her recent multiple-day hospital stay where she was allegedly placed on a 5150 hold. Kelley, 48, went out on Main Street in Park City, Utah, on June 23, where she was seen on her phone talking to her kids a few days after she claimed she was 'trying to locate' them.
Free Malaysia Today
12-06-2025
- Health
- Free Malaysia Today
Thai panel upholds suspension of doctors who helped Thaksin dodge jail
Thaksin Shinawatra remains a towering figure in Thai politics and is highly influential. (AFP pic) BANGKOK : Thailand's medical council on Thursday upheld its suspension of two doctors who enabled influential politician Thaksin Shinawatra to spend his prison sentence in hospital, a day ahead of the start of a Supreme Court case that could see him jailed. Thaksin, the driving force behind the current government, returned from 15 years of self-exile in 2023 to serve a prison term for abuse of power and conflicts of interest, but was sent to hospital after only a few hours in jail complaining of chest problems. The polarising billionaire, whose daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra is prime minister, stayed in a VIP wing of the hospital for six months until his release on parole without a single night in jail, prompting public outrage and deep scepticism about the extent of his ailments. 'More than two-thirds of the council voted to uphold the punishments,' medical council of Thailand vice president, Prasit Watanapa, told reporters. 'Members made the decision based on medical principles, evidence and reason.' The suspensions could impact a case at the Supreme Court that begins on Friday in which the legality of Thaksin's hospital stay has been challenged, with the possibility the tycoon could be made to serve that time again, in prison. Thaksin, 75, remains a towering figure in Thai politics and though he holds no formal government role, he is highly influential. His lawyer declined to comment on Thursday on the council's decision. The revival of the controversy over Thaksin's hospital stay comes at a challenging time for Paetongtarn's government, which is seeing its popularity dwindle amid a prolonged struggle to spur economic growth and domestic pressure to take a tougher stance on an ongoing border dispute with Cambodia. Thaksin's sentence was originally eight years, but it was commuted to a year by the king and he became eligible for parole after six months. The medical council's vote overrides a veto of its earlier decision by health minister Somsak Thapsutin, a Thaksin ally. The council had yet to confirm the duration of the suspension of the two doctors, who it found had issued documents that contained false medical information. They had denied wrongdoing and stood by their medical assessments. Another doctor with the corrections department received a warning for failing to meet medical standards in a referral notice for Thaksin.
BBC News
23-05-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Kirklees Council took 'too long' over care fees decision
A local authority has been told to apologise after a woman was left unable to return to a care home for financial reasons following a hospital Council failed to make "timely decisions" and left it "too long" to decide whether or not the woman should pay for her own accommodation, an inquiry by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman found. After staying in hospital for 12 days, the woman, who has not been named, moved to a different care home, where she died three weeks later, a report by the ombudsman Council said it "fully accepted" the ruling. According to the ombudsman's report, the woman was first admitted to the care home after her son, with whom she had lived up until then, died unexpectedly in paid for the first few weeks of her stay herself, the woman's daughter contacted Kirklees Council on her behalf to say she needed help funding her arrangements because her savings had fallen below the threshold where individuals have to pay for their own social after the woman received an "overdue reminder" from the care home to pay her fees, the council insisted that "no decision had been made", adding that it would not pay for her accommodation up until that point. 'Conflicting information' The home later gave the woman 28 days notice to leave, saying it was unable to continue to care for her without added that it "had not received any confirmation of payments from the council or the funding arrangements going forward".Two days before she was due to have to leave the home she was admitted to hospital, and upon recovering she was not accepted back at the home, the report staying in hospital for 12 days, she moved to a different care home, where she died three weeks ombudsman ruled that Kirklees Council took "too long" to make its financial assessment, given the situation the woman also said the authority gave "conflicting information" about how it treated the money the woman was due to inherit from her late son. The regulator told the council to apologise to the woman's daughter and pay her £300, as well as ensuring it had covered all the care home's fees.A spokesperson for Kirklees Council said: "We fully accept the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman's rulings in this case. We would like to offer our sincere apologies to Mrs X's family for any distress caused by the failures identified in the ruling."We have begun implementing the actions outlined in the report and are putting in place measures to make sure we can respond quickly and efficiently to all requests for financial support in future." Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
