Category Archives: Cuts

No More Cuts

Protest as Edinburgh City Council meets to set a budget for 2024/5 9am Thursday 22nd February at the City Chambers  253 High St, Edinburgh EH1 1YJ The council meets to decide its budget on 22nd February. In the run up to it there is very little information and no debate about what areas are likelyContinue reading “No More Cuts”

No clarity, no transparency and no action

The Edinburgh Integration Joint Board (EIJB) meets on 9th February.  It’s nearly a year now since the Care Inspectorate published a devastating report on the existing state of the health and social care that is administered by board, and in that time it’s not clear that any of the problems identified by the report have been addressed. Care packages areContinue reading “No clarity, no transparency and no action”

Notes from the ‘Another Edinburgh is Possible’ meeting held on 26th January 2024

There was a huge amount of useful information and ideas for action shared at the meeting.  These notes are an attempt to provide a concise useable summary for those who attended and all those who couldn’t make it along.  ACTION  If you weren’t at the meeting but have insights, stories or questions relating specifically to HealthContinue reading “Notes from the ‘Another Edinburgh is Possible’ meeting held on 26th January 2024”

Update on the care crisis

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 theContinue reading “Update on the care crisis”

Save Our Care Homes – Campaign News

The next critical date in the campaign is September 14th when the Edinburgh Integrated Joint Board is holding a special meeting to discuss the closure proposals. We understand that they intend to take a decision on closure at this meeting and then open a period of consultation which will run until the end of theContinue reading “Save Our Care Homes – Campaign News”

Save Our Care Homes – Protest Report

There was a lively Save Our Care Homes protest outside the City Chambers on Tuesday as the Edinburgh Integrated Joint Board met for its August meeting.  There were deputations to the board from Des Loughney and Kathy Jenkins from Edinburgh TUC, and from Unison and Unite the two unions that represent workers in the careContinue reading “Save Our Care Homes – Protest Report”

Save Our Care Homes – Protest

Join the protest rally outside the City Chambers as the Edinburgh Integrated Joint Board meets on Tuesday 17th August. It’s likely that the board will hold a special meeting in September to make the decision to close 5 out of the 9 local authority care homes inn Edinburgh. We want to build a campaign thatContinue reading “Save Our Care Homes – Protest”

Report from the Save Our Care Homes Public Meeting

A big thank you to everyone who advertised the meeting and all those who attended and helped make it a success. In the event 82 people registered for the meeting and 65 attended all or part of it. This report includes video of the speaker contributions, a summary of the information, ideas, useful online linksContinue reading “Report from the Save Our Care Homes Public Meeting”