City Faced With £7.5m Cash Deficit For Care Of Elderly
Edinburgh City council chiefs have said they faced a £7.5 million funding gap for free personal care for the elderly. They said other services to older people were suffering because of the cash shortfall, with longer waits for home helps, frozen meals and aids and adaptations. And Kingsley Thomas, the council’s leader for health and social care, claimed the funding formula that determined how much each council received for free personal care put Edinburgh at a disadvantage.
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