called on Shropshire to undertake ‘a root and branch’ review of the system of personalised budgets for adult social care amid increasing evidence that it is failing clients.
flexibility in their care. Each individual is given a budget that they can spend on care, transport, entertainment of their own choice or day centres.
People are left with limited personal budgets which do not go very far when stretched to cover their needs. I have several instances of this in my own Division of Chirbury & Worthen.
Heather has identified two main problems:
This can leave very little for the care itself. There is no mechanism for sharing transport for the elderly and vulnerable.
2. There isn’t any real guidance for many or these vulnerable people on how to spend their budgets and what options are available. For example here have been instances of individuals with learning difficulties undertaking pointless bus journeys into Shrewsbury as their day centre has now closed. They then have very little social interaction.
for those for whom it is intended. What is categorically true is that it has increase the feeling of isolation amongst the vulnerable in rural areas of the county like mine.
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They can vary from ver little to £27,000 or even more for very complex needs