New TVonics Talking freeview and recorder that talks!

by Shaun McGarry, Vice Chairman on 14th May 2012 11:09 am
Sections: RNIB,Technology
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Latest NewsFlash from RNIB about a new talking Freeview digi-box with built-in recorder.

TVonics Freeview+ HD recorder

The new TVonics Freeview+ HD recorder makes it easy for you to watch and record your favourite TV programmes and series by making
your TV talk.

This digital recorder has built-in speech software that announces on-screen information to help you navigate the TV menus and
programme guides. There’s also an easy-to-use remote control with raised buttons and a dedicated audio description button so that
you can turn audio description on and off with just one click.

It?s packed with great features including menus and guides that can be customised with a choice of six colour schemes, several voice
rates and more.

Find out more about the http://ctt-news.org/4V4-SODV-P3BHE-B388X-1/c.aspx TVonics Freeview+ HD recorder

http://www.rnib.org.uk/shop/Pages/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=TV0601
http://www.rnib.org.uk/shop/Pages/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=TV0601&dm_i=4V4,SODV,P3BHE,2C32D,1 &dm_i=4V4,SODV,P3BHE,2C32D,1

Making the most of your TV

You’ll be able to make the most of your TV with the TVonics talking Freeview+ HD recorder because you can watch and record TV
programmes with audio description, record two channels at the same time, pause and rewind live TV and listen to your favourite
digital radio station.

The TVonics talking Freeview+ HD recorder costs £179.95 plus £7.50 postage.

Find attached an example of the female voice describing a portion of the Electronic Programme Guide and the Menu on this TVonics
box.

TVonics-Freeview-and-HD-Recorder-Audio-Sample.mp3

A Retinal Prosthetic Powered by Light

by Shaun McGarry, Vice Chairman on 8:09 am
Sections: Technology
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= = = Extract from a MIT Technology Review story = = =

A Retinal Prosthetic Powered by Light

A new type of eye implant requires less hardware and could restore more vision than existing devices.

Sunday, May 13, 2012

By Katherine Bourzac

Retinal implants powered by light could reverse some vision loss with simple surgery.

The new implant, which works like a combination digital imaging chip and photovoltaic array, requires much less bulky hardware than
previous designs. The devices have yet to be tested in live animals or human patients, but the implants are creating excitement
among researchers because they have greater pixel densities and may restore more vision than other retinal prosthetics being worked
on.

People suffering from macular degeneration (the most common cause of blindness among older people) and some other forms of blindness
have lost the light-sensing cells in the retina but still have the underlying nerve cells that convey visual information to the
brain. Retinal implants use electrodes to stimulate those nerves. Typically, the prosthetics require bulky electronics that sit on
the eye to supply power, image data, or both to a chip inside the retina. The more hardware that’s installed in the body, the
greater the risk to the patient. And the complexities of the electronics have typically limited the pixel counts of these systems.

The new design, described today in the journal Nature Photonics, gets around these problems by using light as both image and power
source. The device, designed by researchers at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, combines infrared video-projection
goggles with a small, wire-free chip implanted inside the retina.

.. ..

See the full story at

http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/40405/?nlid=nldly
http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/40405/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-05-14 &nld=2012-05-14

Patient survey

by Shaun McGarry, Vice Chairman on 10th May 2012 5:01 pm
Sections: NHS
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= = = = Message from NHS Norfolk and Waveney = = =

Hello everyone,

Connecting for Health have advised that they are launching a patient survey via the NHS Choices website

http://survey.efmfeedback.com/se.ashx?s=705E3EF5321DF052 http://chooseandbook.createsend5.com/t/r-l-dhuhhdk-xtigurg-o/ with
effect from 9 May 2012.

Please would you circulate this link and information to anyone who may recently have booked an appointment at hospital or clinic and
would be interested in completing this survey, thank you

Kind Regards,

Sandy Griffiths,

Engagement Manager,

NHS Norfolk and Waveney,

1, Common Lane North,

Beccles,

Suffolk, NR34 9BN

tel: 01502 719567(direct line) mobile no: 07789987145

Our AGM and Fire!

by Shaun McGarry, Vice Chairman on 8:45 am
Sections: Events
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Dear members and friends,

Our next meeting is our AGM. It is time to take stock and report on what we have achieved in the last year.

It is on Monday 28th May at Wherry Way Communal Room as usual, starting from 2:30pm with tea and coffee served from 2pm. We finish
at 4:30pm.

Town & Country Travel is our preferred transport service, to take you safely there and back again. The low cost taxi service, just
£4, can be booked on 01493 301 759.

We would like as many people with any visual impairment or their carers to come, to join the group, get more involved and decide on
our future, which is even more important now with the changes that are happening to our benefits and local services, so please do
come!

But to make the meeting a little more enjoyable, we are going to have a man who knows all there is about Fire! He is Andy Wells and
he is the Crew Manager of the Great Yarmouth Fire Station!

Andy will demonstrate special equipment the fire fighters use, talk about fire safety in our homes and what we can do to minimise
the risks. He will also answer any questions we may have.

So please consider coming to our meetings, and help us make a difference in our community. The taxi number is 01493 301 759.

See you there!

For anyone making their own way by car, the venue is Wherry Way Communal Room, Wherry Way, off Caister Road, Great Yarmouth NR30
4DJ.

Action Planning Workshops – Great Yarmouth 18th May

by Shaun McGarry, Vice Chairman on 9th May 2012 9:25 am
Sections: General
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= = = Message from NHS and NCoDP = = = =

Working Together

Ideas into Actions

You are invited to come along to a workshop to share ideas about how we make sure that the views, experiences and expertise of
people who use services are built into the way we design and commission new social care and health services.

At an initial workshop on 19 March 2012 a mixed group of people who use services and Health and Social Care Commissioners and
Engagement Managers from across Norfolk came together to identify the key elements of how commissioners and people who use services
should work together

This series of workshops is happening more locally in Norfolk to talk about how to turn these ideas into actions that can be taken
forward jointly by local commissioners and community members.

We are inviting people who came to the first workshop and others locally to attend whichever of the 4 meetings best suits you. There
are 15 places at each workshop.

Friday 18 May 10.30 to 12.30

The Caister Room, The Kings Centre, 30 Queen Anne’s Road Great Yarmouth NR31 0LE

01493 445949

(see attached document for other venues around Norfolk)

To tell us you want to come

Please telephone or email Lesley Johnson -

01603 595804

Lesley.johnson3@nhs.net

Please tell us if there is anything you need to be able to attend. We have booked venues that are accessible to people who use a
wheelchair. We are happy to assist with other requirements.

PLEASE NOTE: for West Norfolk we are combining a workshop with one already arranged for Thursday 17th May, 10 am- 3.30pm at the West
Norfolk Professional Development Centre in King’s Lynn. For more information or to book a place for this workshop please ring Penny
Parker at 01508 491210 or email penny.parker@ncodp.org.uk

action plannign workshops flyer.docx

“Carers Help” event Great Yarmouth Library July 9th 2012

by Shaun McGarry, Vice Chairman on 8th May 2012 12:04 pm
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Dear Yarmouth Area Organisations

Care for Carers are holding another ?Carers Help Event?, this time at Great
Yarmouth Library, Tolhouse Street, Great Yarmouth on Monday 9th July from
10.00am 2.00pm. The Mayor of Great Yarmouth will open the event at 10.15am.
The Chairpersons of both Norfolk County and Suffolk Councils have been asked
to attend as guests.

We have to date, 17 organisations taking part, 7 local to Yarmouth, which
means we still have 3 tables vacant. Before we advertise the event to all
Carers organisations, we would like those of you who are local and haven?t
booked a table, to consider the matter further. If you would like to take
part, we will have to know by the end of this week, Friday 11th May.

We unfortunately have to ask a fee of £10 for each table/half table booked
for this event.

Regards

Peter

Regards and best wishes

Peter Rowley – Chairman

Care for Carers

01603 741160

www.careforcarers.co.uk

TPS – Telephone Preference Service

by Shaun McGarry, Vice Chairman on 4th May 2012 7:51 pm
Sections: Contacts,Email Address,Postal Address,Telephone Fax,Telephone Landline,Web Address
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Telephone Preference Service

To register your home phone landline number then either ring the following number or go online to enter your phone number and that
is it!

Automated Telephone landline : 0845 0 700 707
Web address : www.tpsonline.org.uk

Still receiving sales calls after registration?

You can log a complaint by phoning or filling in a form on their web site as follows

Telephone Landline : 020 7291 3320
Complaint form : Complaint

For further enquiries, then visit their web site or see below for other methods

Telephone landline : 0845 703 4599
Email address : tps@dma.org.uk
Website : www.tpsonline.org.uk

Postal address
   Telephone Preference Service (TPS)
   DMA House
   70 Margaret Street
    London
   W1W 8SS

Telephone Fax : 020 7323 4226

New Radio Drama and Comedy channel from Mushroom FM

by Shaun McGarry, Vice Chairman on 7:51 pm
Sections: Radio and TV Media
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Dear members and friends

Mushroom FM has launched a new channel with a difference! It is full of all the old shows like The Goons, drama and other trips down
memory lane!

Find out more at the following web page

http://mushroomfm.com/escape

This is only available off the internet so you will need a computer or an internet enabled media player.

There is a similar radio channel provided by the BBC called BBC Radio 4 Extra (formerly called Radio 7) which is available on your
Freeview box or DAB radio receivers.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4extra/

enjoy listening!

Invitation to HealthEast Event

by Shaun McGarry, Vice Chairman on 7:51 pm
Sections: NHS
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= = = message from NHS Health East = = =

nd Community Event

Monday 21st May 2012

3.30pm to 6.15pm

Meeting Room 3, Beccles HQ

HealthEast is the new Clinical Commissioning Group for Great Yarmouth and Waveney. We want to hear the views of our patients, their
representatives and our communities to help us plan how we buy services in the future. This is HealthEast’s first major event,
talking to you about your views on local healthcare and your ideas for the future.

Please join us on Monday 21st May at 3.30pm to hear what we’re up to and have your opportunity to inform our priorities for this
year. As spaces are limited booking is essential, please contact Sarah Pitts (tel# 01502 719541) to reserve your seat.

Please find an agenda below for further details about the afternoon. Cake and fruit will be provided to keep energy levels high.

Yours sincerely

Rebecca Driver

Director of Engagement

HealthEast Patient and Community Event

Monday 21st May 2012

Agenda

3.30pm Registration

4.00 Welcome and introductions

Overview of what HealthEast does and how we are going to work

4.15 Group work: What are our commissioning priorities for this year?

4.45 Feedback

5.00 Tea and coffee and cake break

5.15 Group work: If you could change three things in your local NHS, what would they be?

5.30 Feedback

5.45 Group work: How can we best we can make sure that patients have a genuine choice in patient appointments with their GPs
about their options for care and treatment?

6.00 Feedback

6.10 Closing remarks and future events

6.15pm Close

Sarah Pitts

Administrator

HealthEast

1 Common Lane North

Beccles

Suffolk

NR34 9BN

Telephone Number: 01502 719541

Fax Number: 01502 719874

Email invite to HE Event.doc

Garden party Invitation 25th May

by Shaun McGarry, Vice Chairman on 7:51 pm
Sections: GY Library
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= = = Invite from Yarmouth Central Library = = =

Jubilee Garden Party

Come along to the garden party where there will be:

West African drumming performance by Dumisani

Plant stall to raise funds for Growing Together

Sow a seed activity with the Happi Project

Children’s craft activity with Norfolk Wildlife trust

Share and record your happy memories about previous jubilee events

Light refreshments

Great Yarmouth Library

Friday 25th May, 3-5pm

Hosted by Growing Together Community garden group and Great Yarmouth Library.

Please note that all children must be accompanied by an adult

www.norfolk.gov.uk/libraries

www.twitter.com/NorfolkLibs

YAR Jubilee Garden Party 25.pdf