PLANS to slash the home care budget in York have drawn further condemnation.
As reported in The Press yesterday, City of York Council officers have proposed cutting the budget by £316,000 next year, and by £950,000 in 2009/10 and 2010/11.
The council says the changes will not impact upon the quality of care, but Unison say such severe cuts would lead to 30 job losses and a devastating impact on care.
Branch secretary Ben Drake said clients would get either fewer or shorter appointments, and said the proposal was the "worst and unkindest" of all budget savings suggested.
Jeanette Brown, whose father Thomas O'Connell received home care until his death in September, today joined Unison in attacking the proposals, calling them "absolutely disgusting".
Mrs Brown, of Acomb, said: "If the care was dropped, most people would just end up in hospital, and I work in hospital and see that there are far too many elderly people in hospital already.
- See today's The Press for further details.
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