“Conservative cut to carer support could have disastrous consequences” Cllr Marion Minney
January 3, 2012 3:42 PM
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."
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