86-year-old man caring for his disabled wife says ‘I am at breaking point’ as squeeze on social care funding intensifies
Michael Knowles, Reporter / / News
The review by the King’s Fund think tank found there was now “widespread evidence of poor quality care”.
Researchers linked this to the use of unproven, cheaper services in a bid to balance the books.
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Mark Harrison, CEO of Equal Lives. Picture: ANTONY KELLY
A disability rights organisation has warned that worst case scenario cuts of £73m in spending on adult social care could leave some of Norfolk’s most vulnerable people “dejected and abandoned”.
Norfolk County Council needs to make £111m of savings over three years, so every committee has been asked to plan to be spending 25pc less in three years time.
That would save £169m, so not all the cuts and savings proposed will happen, but councillors wanted options so they have some element of choice.