Cambridgeshire Society News (United Kingdom)

New reports show a more affordable way of achieving multiple benefits

As any working parent will be able to tell you, childcare costs are one of the biggest items of expenditure in their households.

Web based workforce management system supplier, Webroster Ltd has been accepted onto the new ESPO framework for ‘Electronic Homecare Monitoring’ which incorporates both rostering and monitoring.

Leading software provider, Webroster.net, suggests that many of the problems described in the recent Which? homecare report can be eliminated by utilising an electronic rostering and monitoring system.

This January saw local charity funds boosted by £3000 with a further £2250 going to well-known national charities as TWI, at Abington, Cambridge gave away the money it saved by sending out its company Christmas cards electronically.

People in south-west London are more outgoing and better at making new friends, according to research.

Treatments for cancer and dementia and access to care homes are among the areas highlighted in the NHS Atlas of Variation.

A section on A Bit Too Much! (www.abittoomuch.com) is set up today to help identify crimes during the riots across England.

Using technology to replace manual processes is already a popular option for organisations wishing to increase efficiencies and reduce time and costs. So, what about using technology to pass control down to your staff and clients themselves?

Children's war adventure novel, Whirl of the Wheel, is the second most downloaded children's book on major e-publishing site Smashwords.com and in the top 200 most popular books out of the 15,000 published on the site.

Whirl of the Wheel, an educational children's adventure into World War 2 is the highest rated and the third most downloaded book of all time in the children's category at the pioneering multi-format epublishing house Smashwords.com.

Whirl of the Wheel by Catherine Condie, recently launched as a free download on Feedbooks, is already moving swiftly up the most downloads ebook chart. The fast moving adventure is also available in paperback at Lulu.com

Whirl of the Wheel by Catherine Condie, recently launched as a free download on Smashwords, is already moving swiftly up the children's ebook chart prior to its release in the major ebook stores.

Residents and staff from Roseland Parc have handed over more than £500 to The Precious Lives Appeal, which is building a children’s hospice in St Austell.

Candid, shocking and heartbreaking book about the tragedy of child suicide set to become a bestseller

President Obama’s plan to turn around the US economy includes $150bn of investment in green energy over the next ten years, but is creating five million renewable energy jobs in the US realistic currently? And if not why not?