Home Care Charges Call-in - Response from Cabinet Member Cllr Vic Pritchard
Cllr Pritchard, Cabinet Member responsible for Social Services and Housing, made his response to the recommendations of the call-in (see previous post) last week. He has decided to ignore the Panel’s recommendations and maintain his original decision. It concerns me that he is not prepared to take on board the volume of objections from service users, and organisations such as Action for Pensioners, and Age Concern, nor the voice of moderation from the call-in Panel, which called for the proposed steep rise in charges to be phased in.
Yesterday at The healthier Communities and Older People Overview and Scrutiny Panel, we called for monitoring of the effects of these new charges, and called for a full review of Home Care to report back to the Panel in the Autumn.
If you will be affected by the increases in Home Care, or know of someone who is, or have any concern over the new tendering for Home Care, please let us know, either by leaving a comment here or telephoning / emailing us. Your feedback on how the system is working can inform the review, and Roger and I will want to address any individual problems residents of Combe Down are experiencing.
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