On Sunday 15 April, the 3rd Brighton Marathon and Grand Hotel Mini Mile Races were staged and with just over 9,000 and just under 1,800 taking part respectively, the races constituted the biggest ever day of running in Brighton and Hove.
Within our accounts department, Lee Knight, completed the race in 4 hours and 22 minutes.
Well done Lee!
The Patients Association is calling for the Government to take action to cut NHS waiting times after research by the body revealed a 6% increase in waiting times last year.
A Freedom of Information request from the Patients Association to NHS Acute Trusts in England revealed tht waiting times for routine procedures such as knee replacements increased by 6% between 2010 and 2011, while the number of operations taking place fell.
Across the 93 trusts that responded with sufficient data, there were 18,628 fewer opertions performed in 2011 compared to 2010, a decline of 4.6%. The biggest fall was in cataract procedures, which saw a 7.5% decrease.
Meanwhile, the largest increase in waiting times was for knee replacements, which saw an increase of 10.3 days on average, from 88.9 days to 99.2.
The Patients Association says the rise in waits for hip, knee, hernia, gallstone and hysterectomy operations was significant, with waits for knee, hernia and gallstone operations all seeing increases of 10%.
Source: Health Insurance Magazine
Another client success story …
Well done to Max Caunhye (Finance Director at Manhattan) for completing the London Marathon on Sunday in 3 hours and 37 minutes. Max is fund raising for the Samaritans.
Samaritans is a confidential emotional support service for anyone in the UK and Ireland. The service is available 24 hours a day for people who are experiencing feeling of distress or despair, including those which may lead to suicide. For more details and ways to support Samaritans please visit their website www.samaritans.org.
In total the London Marathon raises more than £50m per annum for great causes.