Social care in Edinburgh is in crisis. Now the Edinburgh Integrated Joint Board which runs the system wants to take £46 million out of the budget. They aren’t saying which services will be hit but the cuts will make a bad situation even worse. Those in need of care, their friends and families will faceContinue reading “Protest – Tuesday 13th June 9am”
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Huge cuts planned in health and social care
On top of £11 million cuts agreed at the March meeting of the integrated joint board (IJB) it is now proposing a further £35 million in cuts which will severely impact frontline services, primarily those that are run by Edinburgh City Council. This follows a report from the care commission in March which described a careContinue reading “Huge cuts planned in health and social care”
Edinburgh Health and Social Care Budget
The Edinburgh Integrated Joint Board (EIJB) is implementing a budget for 2023/24 which involves cuts of £46 million – about 5% of its total expenditure. This is going to have a very negative effect on the provision of health and social care in the city. You can watch a video of the latest board meetingContinue reading “Edinburgh Health and Social Care Budget”
Care in Crisis: report from the public meeting
The Care in Crisis public meeting was organised by Another Edinburgh is Possible on 4th March 2023. Most attendees were online but there were also in person groups at the Wester Hailes Wellbeing Centre and the Trade Unions in Communities Hub in Craigmillar. The report includes four videos and a powerpoint that includes ideas forContinue reading “Care in Crisis: report from the public meeting”
What we need from a National Care Service
In this, the second of our series of posts on the care crisis, Kathy Jenkins looks at what we need from a National Care Service and how the Scottish Government’s planned service, currently before Parliament, fails in almost every respect. A National Care Service for Scotland Trade unions and others are expressing many serious concernsContinue reading “What we need from a National Care Service”
Why is the EIJB discussing care in private?
This post from Councillor Ross McKenzie is the first in a series which we place to publish on the social care crisis in Edinburgh. The ‘Edinburgh Integration Joint Board’ (EIJB) also known as the ‘Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership’ (HSCP) was established in 2015 to oversee the planning and delivery of newly integrated healthContinue reading “Why is the EIJB discussing care in private?”
Edinburgh Care Crisis
The Edinburgh Integrated Joint Board met on Tuesday 18th October. One of the major items on their agenda – a Scottish Government report on health and social care in the city was discussed in private (point 11 referred to in the deputations that we post here). Another Edinburgh is Possible held a protest outside theContinue reading “Edinburgh Care Crisis”
Deputations to the August EIJB
The Edinburgh Integrated Joint Board met on Tuesday 8th August. It seems that the proposed public consultation on closure of publicly run care homes will not begin until December 2022. Members of Edinburgh Trades Union Council (ETUC) submitted deputations on care and we reproduce them here. ETUC would welcome comments from social care workers, carersContinue reading “Deputations to the August EIJB”
Care Provision in Edinburgh
We asked Edinburgh City Council eight questions about how care provision in Edinburgh is distributed between the public and private sectors. They answered six of our questions. We will be getting back to them about the two they didn’t answer. We wanted to know about the number of private organisations contracted by CEC to provideContinue reading “Care Provision in Edinburgh”
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”
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