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Protest at the EIJB 18/03/24

9am Monday 18th March – at Edinburgh City Chambers The Edinburgh Integration Joint Board which runs the social care system in the city meets at 10am at the City Chambers. The agenda for the meeting is not yet available. But as has been widely documented – see for example https://anotheredinburghispossible.org/blog/ social care is in chaos, large numbersContinue reading “Protest at the EIJB 18/03/24”

Beyond caring

This letter from Nick Kempe was published in the Herald on 28th Feb 2024 – we reprint it here with Nick’s permission. A perfect illustration of how managers of Scotland’s “integrated” health and social care services ignore the impact of the cuts they are imposing (The collapse of social care Letters 27th February) comes from aContinue reading “Beyond caring”

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”

Write to your MSP

The Scottish Government has published plans for a National Care Service. The new service would rely on outsourcing to the private sector. We believe there is no room for profit in care. The recent report Profiting From Care shows how private providers siphon off money to investors that could and should be spent on care.Continue reading “Write to your MSP”

Updated Campaign Statement

Over the last few weeks we’ve been working on an update to our campaign statement. This version was approved at the campaign meeting on 9th June 2022. (You can download the statement here). Another Edinburgh is Possible It is time to end the cycle of cuts to vital local services in our city.  Austerity, outsourcing andContinue reading “Updated Campaign Statement”

Edinburgh TUC meeting

Edinburgh TUC is convening a Zoom meeting which will be attended by Councillor Ricky Henderson who is chair of the Edinburgh Integration Joint Board (EIJB). The EIJB is responsible for the provision of Social Care in Edinburgh. In 2022 it is going to consult with the public on the future of the four Care HomesContinue reading “Edinburgh TUC meeting”

Let’s recognise care as a social good

The campaign for a National Care Service in Scotland: a contribution to a discussion. By HILARY HORROCKS (Edinburgh trades union council delegate). This article was first published on the People and Nature blog. We repost it here with the author’s permission. Health is a devolved matter in the not-so-United Kingdom, and that has allowed successiveContinue reading “Let’s recognise care as a social good”

Outcomes of the EIJB meeting

The Edinburgh Integrated Joint Board, which organises integrated health and social care in the city, met on Tuesday 28th September. The meeting time and date had been changed twice at short notice. You might think that the board was trying to evade protest. In the event there were rallies outside the City Chambers, both inContinue reading “Outcomes of the EIJB meeting”