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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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”
Care crisis – notes from our May 4th meeting
Draft Notes: Another Edinburgh is Possible Meeting on 4th May 202315 people attending – 3 apologies.Background• The Edinburgh Integrated Joint Board (EIJB) is responsible for the provision of most health and social care services in the city.• The Edinburgh IJB met in March and approved around £11 million of cuts in its budget. Its meetingsContinue reading “Care crisis – notes from our May 4th meeting”
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”
Meeting: The Social Care Crisis in Edinburgh
An important and timely meeting organised by Edinburgh TUC – there will be a speaker from Another Edinburgh is Possible.
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”
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”
The Feeley Report on adult social care
Marlyn Tweedie shares some thoughts on the Feeley report into the provision of Care in Scotland. The report was published on 3rd Feb 2021 – compiled by Derek Feeley, a former director general for health and Social care within the Scottish Government. The enquiry raised a degree of hope that perhaps a Care Service – adequately funded andContinue reading “The Feeley Report on adult social care”
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