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East Renfrewshire social care 'in dire straits' as £7m cuts agreed

Care will be prioritised under plans to save £3.2m as officials said there isn't 'sufficient' funding to deliver the same level of service.

Glasgow Live

East Lothian health chiefs reject reduced council funding offer

East Lothian Integration Joint Board's chief finance officer said she would be doing members a disservice if she did not recommend the offer was rejected

Edinburgh Live

Glasgow unions call for stand against health and social care cuts

Members of the GMB, Unite and UNISON met outside the health and social care headquarters ahead of a budget meeting this morning.

Glasgow Live

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Glasgow social care cuts of over £20m agreed despite calls to send a 'distress flare'

Members of the IJB have passed budget plans to plug a £40m funding shortfall, but they will write to the Scottish Government to raise concerns over the 'severity' of cuts needed.

Glasgow Live

Protestors make their voices heard over 'privatisation' of West Lothian care homes

Families joined care home staff in a protest outside the Civic Centre demanding that councillors protect jobs from cuts and low wage privatisation

Daily Record

West Lothian plan to close care homes and 'privatise social care' rubber stamped

Councillors were presented with little choice to preserve existing services but unions are angry that without privatisation there will need to big cutbacks.

Edinburgh Live

Four West Lothian nursing homes could close under budget cuts

Limecroft and Craigmair in Livingston, Whitdale in Whitburn and Burngrange in West Calder are under threat

Daily Record

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Glasgow health and social care services facing £21m cuts which 'put citizens in danger'

The city's Integrated Joint Board, responsible for health and social care services, will meet on Wednesday to plug a budget gap of around £40m.

Glasgow Live

Four West Lothian care homes facing closure as budget cuts hit

A review of four council run care homes is one of the budget measures which unions are fighting, claiming social care for the elderly and vulnerable will fail if it is privatised.

Edinburgh Live

Midlothian health and social care hit with 'last minute' cut in council funding

The council leader said the decision to cut some of the money earmarked for health services was one of many 'unpalatable' decisions they had to make after seeing a real terms reduction in their own Scottish Government funding.

Edinburgh Live

Care services in East Renfrewshire facing cuts as council admit 'difficult' budget choices

East Renfrewshire's health and social care partnership is facing a budget gap of between £5m and £10m and officials are planning to introduce 'prioritisation'.

Glasgow Live

Glasgow has over 2000 more children living in poverty since the Covid-19 pandemic

Poverty levels in the city have deepened over the last two years, with those in poverty worse off than they were pre-pandemic

Glasgow Live

Scottish Government accused of £331 million 'raid' on social care covid reserves

The Record revealed last year how government officials wanted to "reclaim" cash reserves from joint health and care bodies ahead of a difficult winter.

Daily Record

Falkirk care home to help plug shortage of hospital beds across Forth Valley

After consulting residents and their families as well as staff, the response has been fairly positive says Falkirk's health and social care partnership

Daily Record

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Scottish Government 'money grab' blasted as Ayrshire IJBs to hand back £23.6m Covid reserves

Integration Joint Boards are being asked to hand back surplus Coronavirus cash.

Daily Record

Number of alcohol-related deaths in West Lothian remain worryingly high

The number of deaths due to alcohol sit higher than higher than before the pandemic

Edinburgh Live

West Lothian alcohol deaths remain higher than pre-pandemic levels

Death rates across Scotland surged in line with the pandemic and while treatment services are improving more funding needs to be put in place to boost treatment programmes

Daily Record

Senior Falkirk doctor says hospital staff facing 'a perfect storm of pressures'

Patients are leaving Forth Valley Royal Hospital without follow up notes too often but staff are "trying to do the absolute best they can"

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Forth Valley hospital considers pharmacy changes as patients kept waiting for prescriptions

Some people are "waiting until after midnight" for a prescription before they can go home

Glasgow Live

National Care Service should 'keep current East Renfrewshire boundaries'

A new National Care Service is being developed which would see a series of care boards set up to run social care services rather than local councils.

Glasgow Live

East Renfrewshire Tories claim National Care Service will be 'absolute disaster'

Under a National Care Service, a series of care boards would run social care services rather than local councils and one Conservative councillor said the plan is a 'recipe for disaster'.

Daily Record

Fears over the future of West Lothian hospital

Any plans to close St Michael's in Linlithgow would be met with fierce opposition, according to local councillors

Glasgow Live

Glasgow social care staff feel 'significant anxiety' over National Care Service plan

Health and social care boss Susanne Miller said the 'inevitable' anxiety related to what the roll out of a National Care Service would mean for workers' jobs.

Edinburgh Live

West Lothian hospital remains shut as doubts cast on future use

A new care strategy moves focus away from long stay hospital care for the elderly and a consultation will start on the future for St Michael's Hospital.

Daily Record

Four Falkirk hospital wards closed over fire risk will not reopen

Four wards in Falkirk Community Hospital will not reopen - but the extra cash will go towards funding vital community care, the health board have agreed

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