Summary
Adecision to halt the planned closure of Birmingham's council- run old people's homes is short sighted and could be costing taxpayers pounds 15 million a year, according to a group of private sector care home owners.
Private sector residential home owners have complained to the district auditor after social services managers decided to freeze proposals to shut 10 remaining local authority homes, where the cost of providing nursing care can exceed pounds 2,000 a week per person.See the full content of this document
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Row Over Care for Elderly
The buildings are, by the council's own admission, unsuitable, expensive to run and do not meet modern care expectations.
City council leaders said plummeting property values meant the closure plan wo...See the full content of this document
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