Disabled people in Bristol have said they are concerned a potential new policy being proposed by Bristol City Council could see them being forced to move into a care home rather than looked after at home because it is cheaper.
Council chiefs ratified a £4 million cut to the £153 million budget it pays to care providers to look after disabled people at home, and one way the council is looking to do that is with a new draft policy which would judge whether it would be cheaper to put someone in a home rather than continue to pay for visiting or live-in carers.
Disabled activists said they feared the tweak to the policy would have ‘catastrophic implications for disabled people’s independence’, and called on the city council to drop the idea.
