A pensioner caused chaos on the A27 when he decided to go for a drive along the road on a mobility scooter after getting lost on his way to the bank. The man was spotted on the Shoreham flyover at 10:20am, and was reported to the Sussex police.

 

Luckily a van driver pulled up behind the pensioner and put his hazard lights on to warn other motorists of the elderly man until the police arrived.

 

Both the man and his scooter remained unscratched after the police safely loaded them into the van. The OAP was the dropped of at the bank with a few words of advice about staying of the main roads.

The 2010 Health Investor Awards have named Lifeways Community Care as the Specials Care Provider of the year.

 The awards which were established to recognise outstanding achievements in healthcare, have always had Lifeways as a strong competitor in the category, winning year after year, placing higher against strong competition. The judging panel said: “The winner’s rapid growth has been underpinned by outstanding quality of delivery.”

 Paul Marriner, Chief Executive, collected the award on behalf of the organisation at the prestigious award ceremony in London which was attended by over 950 leading industry figures.

He said: “This is a fantastic achievement and one that the Executive Team and Board are all delighted with. It acknowledges just how far the organisation has come since its inception, in particular over the last couple of years. I would like to especially thank all of our amazing staff who work so hard every day to ensure Lifeways provides services to enable some of the most vulnerable users in society to have an excellent quality of life.”

Knowsley council’s children’s services, adult services and NHS held a special ‘moving on’ event for the parents of young people with disabilities or special/ additional needs.

Over 40 families attended the events at the Kirkby suite where professionals from Knowsley agencies were there to offer information and answer any questions about the support available for children ‘moving on’ from children’s services to adult services support.

The sessions were so successful that there are now plans to make in an annual event. Meanwhile, Knowsley’s Aiming High for Disabled Children programme has achieved some great things in its first 12 months.

There is now a tailor-made swimming and activity programme for children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), which will soon be available in all Knowsley leisure centres. The programme has funded specialist equipment and facilities in playgrounds around the borough, and bought an adapted caravan for holidays in Wales.

 Over the next year the programme, along with the Adult Health and Adult Social Care, is contributing funding for a centre for independent living, which will provide specialist equipment and storage facilities. The programme will also provide exclusive changing facilities for disabled children and adults across the borough.