Cuts to health and social care services in Glasgow have been approved today.
It has been recognised it will mean services will be cut, 150 jobs will be lost and there will be longer waits for services.Officials warned that the financial situation is so serious that further cuts would see the council and health board rising breaching their statutory duty to provide core services.
The IJB said to focus on continuing to provide core services to the people most in need, “those who are acutely unwell”, it isThe council is contributing £501,647,000 and the health board £943,801,000 for the next year and it is not anticipated there will be any uplift in the following two years.Speaking after the meeting, Labour representative on the IJB, Councillor Cecilia O’Lone said: “We were unable to support this budget and voted to reject these cuts.
“We must assist in helping our city’s most vulnerable and ensure we do not breach any of our statutory obligations around caring and support.” “It is completely understandable that setting a balanced budget in the current financial climate is exceptionally difficult.
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