Extreme pressures that the region’s social work services were under during the pandemic are finally easing off.
After 2020/21, with the height of the pandemic and described as the “hardest year ever” by Dumfries and Galloway Council chief Lillian Cringles, the overstretched department appears to have found some breathing room.
There was no need to spend any additional funding for Covid pressures at the end of the 2021/22 financial year and £628,000 was also put aside in cash reserves, indicating a period of stability for the service.
