Elected councillors support publicly owned and managed care homes
At the May meeting of the Edinburgh City Council Policy and Sustainability Committee councillors responded to the news that the long promised EIJB consultation on the future of Health and Social Care in Edinburgh was now being trailed as a consultation on the closure of the four care homes – originally slated for closure in June 2021. You can watch the discussion here. There was anger across all political groups as it seems that this retrograde decision was taken by officials without any reference the board members and even it seems the chair of the EIJB (an elected councillor). A motion proposed by Councillor Ross McKenzie was passed unanimously. The motion affirms that council policy is to support publicly owned and managed care homes. This puts the council at odds with the EIJB.
Protest Tuesday 13th June, 9am
We are building for a protest on June 13th at the City Chambers when the Edinburgh Integrated Joint Board meets to make a proposed £46 million cut in the health and social care budget. The service is in crisis already and these cuts will make things much worse – bringing misery and distress to many people across the city. To get as big a protest as possible we need to get the word out about the seriousness of the situation. The Meadows Festival is a great place to meet thousands of people.
Your help needed
We’ll have lots of leaflets available – please come along at any time over the weekend – you can collect leaflets from the Edinburgh CND stall (look out for a large flag with a peace symbol) – ask for Pete – and then spend half an hour leafletting around the festival. If lots of us join in with this then we can reach a lot of people.
Another Edinburgh is Possible 