Last month, the cabinet member for Social Services at Swansea Council presented a report seeking approval to develop a business case fro providing adult social care through the medium of a social enterprise.
It all sounded very reasonable and quite an innovative approach that would ensure new models of care are planned and costed to take account of future demands. At least that's what the report said.
“No decisions have been made," Tregoning assured the local paper at the time. He added, “the proposal to cabinet is to develop a business case to explore whether a social enterprise is a sustainable way to deliver adult social care services in Swansea in the future.
So perhaps he and his Lib Dem buddies can explain this outsourcing notice for the “complete delivery of adult social care services within the City and County of Swansea”.
The notice, which gives a contract start date of April 2012, helpfully adds “this is a full outsource of all adult social care provision, estimated 20,000,000 GBP per annum.”
(We're grateful to the anonymous insider who provided this info).
The notice, which gives a contract start date of April 2012, helpfully adds “this is a full outsource of all adult social care provision, estimated 20,000,000 GBP per annum.”
(We're grateful to the anonymous insider who provided this info).
4 Comments:
Swansea's Lib Dems selling off adult social services. Why aren't I surprised?
This is a statutory provision social enterprise was never intended to take on statutory responsibilities. It was community enterprise and designed to infill services that through market failure had left gaps in local communities.
Its not a catch all for saving money
Sneaky bastards.
this needs to be known by as many people locally as possible.....many many thanks for bringing it to our attention jaxx!
Leigh Richards
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