Royal London enhances Helping Hand service

Includes support for children and carers

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Royal London's Helping Hand service has seen the addition of five practical services, which are available through a RedArc personal nurse adviser.

The enhancements include practical help at home, offering services such as cooking, cleaning, food shopping and gardening, to help ease the pressure of running a home so the person who is ill can recover. Help for carers in the form of specialist advice and counselling has also been added to the service along with help in recovery, services for children and support for maternity complications. Services for children offers practical and financial advice and emotional support to parents who have a child with a serious illness or injury. Support with maternity complications helps women a...

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