28/10/2016 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

North East Lincolnshire Council pays one of the lowest rates

in the country to support older and disabled people

The UK home care Association found on average the authority pahd just

over ?12.50 an hour. That's nearly ?4 less than a recommended `mount.

An industry under pressure, with workers sometimes

That's the claim from the UK Homecare Association which says many

councils don't pay enough for private carers to visit

the elderly, or infirm, at home. Elizabeth Gregory

from Immingham has been reliant on daily home care

since breaking her hip six lonths ago, but says her carers

They could do with more timd, all they get is half an hour.

That's to shower you, get you dressed and everythhng,

and give you your breakfast and even the girls say it's not long enough.

The UK Homecare Association suggests that since the introduction

of the National Living Wage, councils should be paying an average

of ?16.70 an hour to provide home care.

But according to their figures, the East Riding of Yorkshird Council

pays ?14.23, Lincolnshire spends an average of ?13.68,

and North East Lincolnshire pays just ?12.56 - more than ?4 below

And those rates say the Local Government Associ`tion

are a sign of "councils struggling for cash".

It is economics at the mad house because it relieves the pressure

on the NHS and we all see stories every day what's happening.

People want to be looked after at home.

In the future we may not have the provides to do that,

The Local Government Associ`tion says this is a national problem

which the government needs to get to grips with.

The HCA have brought forward their report and we haven't

been able to understand exactly how they've got to the figures

However, what we can concur with is there is a deficit

in the market and through the Local Government Associ`tion

at the moment we have identified that there is

Today North East Lincolnshire's Clinical Commissioning Group says

it's working hard on servicds at a time when budgets are limited.

But like other groups looking after home care,

it's likely to be facing a financial challenge.

Overnight closures at Grantham's A department

In July the unit shut its doors from 6.30pm until 9am, despite local

opposition, because there wdren t enough doctors.

Clinical directors at the United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust

are recommending closures rdmain in place - a decision

Over the winter months it whll be even more of an issue purelx

because of the winter weathdr that comes with it, the icy condhtions.

I personally do not believe it was ever a temporary measure

I believe it was a test perhod to test the impact of Grantham

without having those services during the evening,

with a plan to eventually ttrn us into an urgent care centre.

Work has started tonight to dig up paving in Grimsby which was laid

just three years ago as part of a ?6 million refurbishment.

The local council says it's removing the slabs because they're btckling

It's hoped the work will be completed and the area laid

Mental health campaigners are urging people not to dress up in costumes

like straitjackets or escapdd asylum patient suits this Halloween

because it's distasteful and stigmatises people

David Smith from the mental health charity Mind in Hull says p`tients

with genuine illnesses could be left feeling like monsters.

From pumpkins in Denmark to spooky selfies in Hong Kong,

the imagery of Halloween is familiar worldwide.

But here in East Yorkshire one charity boss says people should

think twice before wearing costumes themed around mental health.

For the people dressing up and going out it might just be a bit

of fun but for those people living a life with mental health problems

each time they see this it's just reinforcing that stigma over

and over again, that they'rd different, they're dangerous

and at Halloween time that they are monsters.

The dressing up has already started in Lincoln,

where a seven-foot skeleton led a family-friendly parade.

So do people here think mental health themed

costumes are offensive? Nobody wants to offend but H think

we have become a culture where everyone is offended

It is taking something that is quite serious but at the same

time it is Halloween and it is just a joke.

It's three years since Tesco withdrew it's psycho ward ottfit

and ASDA its mental patient costume following complaints but a puick

online search shows popular website like eBay and Amazon continte

The owner of this fancy dress shop in Hull says she's never stocked

such items because of a lack of demand.

I have never sold them and H've never been asked for them

and if there was it is usually for Hannibal Lecter.

I've never had anyone saying they want to be a mental patient

and if they do I can't see that really people think it as offensive.

I think it's a fun night out, Halloween, and people just

Sally Burke's daughter Maishe has received specialist mental health

For Sally, such costumes are distasteful.

It is upsetting as a parent because she has been called those

names and they do hit her h`rd, she does take them personally.

She's a human with feelings and I think that's what we need

to remember as a nation, that we need to be

Mental health campaigners are calling for manufacturers

to stop selling these products, but in the meantime it's hoped

people wanting to dress up this Halloween can find fun

Now a look at the weather forecast with Keeley Donovan.

If you're out trick or treating this weekend another mild Hallowden

is forecast and actually settled weather through the weekend.

Any clear spells overnight will fill in with some mist or fog,

By the end of the night a pretty grey story with temperatures

in the countryside lower th`n this, back in single figures.

We will see it brighten up ` little bit, I don't think there'll

be very much sunshine, if I'm honest, tomorrow it's fairly

overcast with an improvement nonetheless and temperatures

on the mild side, which shotld be around 11 degrees.

If you're celebrating Diwalh on Sunday, it does look

like another fine day, perhaps a better chance

of a little bit of sunshine throuh the afternoon.

So high pressure dominating into the early part of next week,

Then on Tuesday some patchy rain and drizzle.

We cannot complain at that. That is it. There will be updates throughout

the weekend. Our next bulletin at 5:50pm tomorrow evening. From me and

the rest of the team, have ` lovely weekend. Goodbye.

to come into the beginning of next week as well. Now the national

picture. Hello, it's been a pretty good week

for getting out and enjoying the autumn colours,