Flooding Guidance from Anglian Water
Flooding can be very stressful so it’s important you know who to contact and find the right information to help tackle the problem as quickly as possible.
Flooding can be very stressful so it’s important you know who to contact and find the right information to help tackle the problem as quickly as possible.
New guide to care and support in Norfolk – a crucial time for information
A new, updated Your guide to care and support for adults has been published in association with Norfolk County Council. It gives readers crucial information on how to access, and pay for, care and support services throughout Norfolk. In an increasingly digital world, this printed publication is a useful resource to keep handy if you find it difficult to get online.
If you’re growing concerned about your care options, or just want some more information on what your choices may be, this guide can help. With information to help you understand your options, where to go for advice and how the paying for care system works, the guide can support you to make informed decisions.
The new edition of your guide to care and support for adults and accompanying website gives information on all aspects of arranging care and support in Norfolk. It includes information about how to stay independent for as long as possible, the different care and support options available and what to look for when choosing a care provider if you need one.
It also offers guidance on important issues such as paying for care and what financial assistance may be available from the local authority. There are comprehensive listings of all registered care services throughout Norfolk, plus checklists to help you ask the right questions when thinking about your choices.
For a free copy of the Norfolk – your guide to care and support for adults, contact information@norfolk.gov.uk or call 0344 800 8020. The Guide will be available throughout Norfolk from outlets including hospitals, GP surgeries, libraries, Healthwatch and Alzheimer’s Society. It can be downloaded from www.carechoices.co.uk and is also available in spoken word.
Jo Dovey, Director of Policy and Communications at the Guide’s publisher, Care Choices, commented: “This is an invaluable source of information for anyone considering short- or long-term care in Norfolk, and contains vital information to help people decide what type of care and support is best for them and what support there is to help them stay independent for longer.
This new Norfolk – your guide to care and support for adults has been compiled to help people understand the process and offer them reassurance at every step of their journey.”
Care Choices is the UK’s largest independent publisher for social care and adults with additional needs. It is also the largest publisher of care directories for local authorities in England.
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For more information, please contact Gemma Seaber-Shinn, Care Choices. Tel: 01223 207770. Email: gemma@carechoices.co.uk
Notes to editors:
Care Choices works alongside industry governing bodies, local authorities and providers to publish impartial guidance for individuals and their families. Care Choices provides unbiased, comprehensive information on choosing care and support.
Care Choices also publishes its directories online at www.carechoices.co.uk which contains a searchable database of all care providers in England.
Care Choices publishes leading social care magazine, Care Management Matters www.caremanagementmatters.co.uk, plus a selection of regional Dementia Guides containing information specific to those living with or caring for someone with dementia.
Care Choices also manages the practical online resource My Family Our Needs, www.myfamilyourneeds.co.uk, which contains advice and information for parents of disabled children.
Care Choices also arranges care sector events.
3rd Sector Care Awards www.3rdsectorcareawards.co.uk
CMM Insight www.caremanagementmatters.co.uk/events
The Transition Event www.myfamilyourneeds.co.uk/events/category/the-transition-event/list
BAPs Blogging Awards www.myfamilyourneeds.co.uk/baps
The listings of care providers contained in Care Choices’ publications are supplied by the regulatory body, the Care Quality Commission.
| Service | Area covered | Changes |
| Our Bus 85 | Rockland circular-Norwich | Operator changed to Konect, no timetable changes. |
| Our Bus 86 | Beccles-Wheatacre-Thurlton-Alpington-Norwich | AM peak journey re-timed and re-routed via Poringland and Arminghall and will arrive in Norwich at 0815, better suited for Framingham Earl and College students and traditional work times. Additional 1500 departure from Norwich for Bergh Apton and Alpington. Additional 1520 journey to Norwich for Bergh Apton and Alpington. Additional 1403 journey from Thurlton to Norwich operating all year round (previously just in school holidays). Seething to Loddon shopping journey (0900-1008) added. Connected Bergh Apton and Alpington to Poringland. Improved service for Arminghall. Saturday journey for Bergh Apton and Alpington into Norwich added. Revised route in/out Beccles to better serve supermarkets. |
| Konect 84 | Hempnall-Shotesham-Norwich | Shopping journeys to Long Stratton added. Link to Poringland retained following passenger feedback. Minor time and route changes |
| Konect and Simonds 1 | Diss-Gissing-Forncett-Long Stratton-Norwich | Operator changed to Konect to Saturdays. 1745 departure from Norwich (1818 connection at Hempnall) withdrawn as averages 0.2 passengers per journey. Wacton added to service. Some journeys extended to Castle Meadow. |
| Semmence 584 and 17 | Pulhams-Diss (584) Bressingham circular (17) | Operator changed to Simonds. Minor re-time to enable passengers to visit Pulham surgery. |
| Nortax taxibus | Various journeys to Longwater retail park and Dereham | Foulsham and Lyng have replacement journeys to Norwich provided by Sanders already in place from April 3rd. Friday route from Billingford and Lyng area to Dereham will be replaced by a Tuesday and Friday service by Konect. Operator of journeys to Longwater is now Our Bus. Service expanded to now include a link from Wymondham and Hethersett to Longwater on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and from Costessey, west end and Ringland area on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Connections to Norwich still available on Tuesdays and Thursdays for passengers from the Colton and Marlingford area. Little Melton added to service Monday to Friday. |
| South Norfolk Flexibuses | Pre book transport to Diss, Thetford, Watton, Attleborough and Wymondham | Many villages currently served by the flexibus will now have timetabled journeys to nearby towns. A pre book service will only remain in villages where usage has been low and it is not practical to timetable journeys. See passenger notices for details of travel options. Operator changed to Our Bus |
| Coach Services and Simonds 37A | East Harling-Buckenhams-Ashwellthorpe-Norwich | Service will remain direct to Norwich. Route in Norwich will serve Hall Road – Ring Road – Ipswich Road on all journeys. Minor time changes to timetable and additional journeys added for some villages. Operator remains Coach Services Monday to Friday and Simonds on Saturdays. |
| Simonds 581 | Diss-Harleston-Bungay-Beccles | Re-timing of some journeys to better suit typical work hours in Diss, changes to afternoon timetable to reflect change in finish times at Bungay High School. |
| Semmence 805 & 806 | Wymondham market day circulars | Services withdrawn and replaced by more frequent services to Wymondham. 805 service has been expanded to serve more villages, new 805A service for Deopham and Morley added. A new Monday, Wednesday and Friday service to Wymondham for villages on the 806 route and previously served by the flexibus. |
| Semmence 1 | East Harling-Diss. Saturday only service | Service withdrawn as there will be new journeys on Mon, Wed and Fri providing the same journey to Diss. There will also be additional, other journeys to Attleborough and Thetford. 37A will continue to operate in similar villages on Saturdays to Norwich. |
| Konect X3, 82 | Attleborough-Great Ellingham-Watton | Improved frequency funded by Bus Service Improvement partnership (BSIP) Service provides journeys into either town and onward connections to Norwich. |
| Our Bus Marlingford flexibus | Marlingford, Lt Melton, Colton and Bawburgh | A new pre book service introduced aimed at commuters. Will provide a link to the N&NUH at 0750 and 1745 |
