PLEASE let me quote Councillor Rogers (Lib Dem) .... "The in-house home care costs £34 an hour, the private sector provides the same service for £16 an hour. We propose to give people in need the money to spend on the service they choose. In-house caring or the cheaper private sector caring. Already 85 per cent of people have chosen the cheaper option" end of quote.
Now the truth, Mr Rogers quotes relative costs, £34 against £16 an hour. The costs are fictitious, unproven, they are a figment of imagination. The figures are not in the public domain. Would Mr Rogers pass the calculation to an independent auditor? Of course not. Better still would he agree to a lie detector test? Of course not.
Now the 85 per cent versus 15 per cent of people that have already chosen private sector rather than in-house caring. People have had no choice, they are discharged from hospital into civic care, their care needs are assessed and they are passed, automatically, by the council to a private sector provider. This practice has been going on for many months until we have now reached the point where Mr Rogers can use the figures to support his own purpose.
It is all duplicity. The Home Care in-house service is the blue riband of caring in our city, their care service is not profit driven as the private sector must be. They are there to care, not to make money.
Will Mr Rogers be allowed to blunder on careless of his civic duty to provide the best possible care for our elderly, needy people? He will of course, to meet his own political ends. Shame on him and his Lib Dem masters, shame, shame.
Bob Taylor
Sole carer in distress
I AM extremely concerned about the current state of the care system in this area and the country as a whole. It is not only failing the elderly but those with illnesses and disabilities alike.
We should no longer tolerate a system which leaves many with no support and others with poor quality services. A National Autistic Society survey found two-thirds of adults with autism do not have the support they need and as a result a third developed mental health problems.
Recently, Andrew Dilnot released a report on how the system can be improved. As a local resident and a supporter of The National Autistic Society, I would like to appeal to our local MPs to bring this issue to parliament and help make Dilnot's suggestions a reality.
Without this, people will continue to be left to cope without the support they desperately need.
Alex Hampson
Bristol
Now the truth, Mr Rogers quotes relative costs, £34 against £16 an hour. The costs are fictitious, unproven, they are a figment of imagination. The figures are not in the public domain. Would Mr Rogers pass the calculation to an independent auditor? Of course not. Better still would he agree to a lie detector test? Of course not.
Now the 85 per cent versus 15 per cent of people that have already chosen private sector rather than in-house caring. People have had no choice, they are discharged from hospital into civic care, their care needs are assessed and they are passed, automatically, by the council to a private sector provider. This practice has been going on for many months until we have now reached the point where Mr Rogers can use the figures to support his own purpose.
It is all duplicity. The Home Care in-house service is the blue riband of caring in our city, their care service is not profit driven as the private sector must be. They are there to care, not to make money.
Will Mr Rogers be allowed to blunder on careless of his civic duty to provide the best possible care for our elderly, needy people? He will of course, to meet his own political ends. Shame on him and his Lib Dem masters, shame, shame.
Bob Taylor
Sole carer in distress
I AM extremely concerned about the current state of the care system in this area and the country as a whole. It is not only failing the elderly but those with illnesses and disabilities alike.
We should no longer tolerate a system which leaves many with no support and others with poor quality services. A National Autistic Society survey found two-thirds of adults with autism do not have the support they need and as a result a third developed mental health problems.
Recently, Andrew Dilnot released a report on how the system can be improved. As a local resident and a supporter of The National Autistic Society, I would like to appeal to our local MPs to bring this issue to parliament and help make Dilnot's suggestions a reality.
Without this, people will continue to be left to cope without the support they desperately need.
Alex Hampson
Bristol
No comments:
Post a Comment