Elderly persons Homes should stay open: scrutiny told

8th December, 2011

At its meeting tonight the Adult Social care scrutiny Commission will hopefully resolve to keep the council run homes open and in council control.

see summary of our report Elderly Persons Homes

Update Friday 9th December.

The Adults Social Care Scrutiny Commission, voted unanimously to support all the recommendations, including to keep all 8 homes open and in council control.

The Commission expressed its disappointment that Cllr Mohammed Dawood cabinet member for Adult Social Care, was not present for the final stage of the enquiry into EPHs. He has had a very good record of attending and contributing to the work of the Commission previously.