“Conservative cut to carer support could have disastrous consequences” Cllr Marion Minney

Posted By: Northamptonshire Lib Dems January 3rd, 2012

 

The Liberal Democrat Shadow Cabinet member for Health & Social Services, Cllr Marion Minney, has today raised concerns over Northamptonshire Conservatives proposal to cut £210,000 from support for carers.

Cllr Marion Minney said “We see in the national news today the crisis within our care services. Quite frankly without carers this crisis would be even worse. Northamptonshire Conservatives are proposing to cut the team that assesses what support carers need. This cut is short-sighted in the extreme.”

“Cutting support to carers could have disastrous consequences. Carers are crucial both in supporting relatives and friends in need, but also in making sure services such as care homes and mental health services are not even more overloaded than they already are. If they are not properly supported and struggle as a result, vulnerable people will suffer and our care system will be overloaded.”

“There will be a snowball effect, with more people needing higher levels of care, when we know that services are stretched to the limit by a growing older population. Northamptonshire Conservatives need to think again and make sure that carers are fully supported.”

One Response to ““Conservative cut to carer support could have disastrous consequences” Cllr Marion Minney”

  1. "Cllr" Clochemerle says:
    January 4, 2012 at 12:03 am

    Carers
    (for Cllr Marion Minney)
    There is currently little or no support for carers unless you happen to be wealthy enough to be able to buy in services from commercial providers.
    Even then, there is no guarantee that the services provided will be those requested.
    In any case it is likely to be delivered by untrained, unqualified and unvetted staff being paid minimum wage.
    The only thing that is done well is provision of information.
    When you explore what is allegedly available, it disappears into electronic mist, or admin assistants who mysteriously are always off sick, on a course, on leave, in a meeting or most pathetic of all "out and about".
    Who cares for the carers – nobody.
    What do the carers do – save the council and the government millions if not billions a year.
    Lack of proper care & support is all a part of an unwritten strategy by the "powers that be" to ensure that elderly, sick & vulnerable are shuffled off this mortal coil ASAP to save costs as a result of the imbalance in the economy & demographics.
    In your heart I'm sure you know this to be true.

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