Shake-Up Of Social Services Means More Care At Home
Health Minister Dr Brian Gibbons has set out plans for a Wales-wide shake-up of social services. The assembly government’s 10-year strategy will aim to give people who need social services more say over the care or support they receive.
{mosimage}It calls for more emphasis on caring for disabled and elderly people at home and taking fewer children into care. Plaid Cymru have given it a cautious welcome but are concerned it could prove no more than a “wish list”. Social services officials at the assembly government say they have learned lessons from political rows sparked by the planned hospital shake-up in Wales.
They insist the strategy entitled Fulfilled Lives, Supportive Communities should have the knock-on effect of easing pressures on hospitals and make that re-organisation more effective.
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