tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733583.post745871963582297535..comments2024-03-04T08:34:20.376+00:00Comments on John's Labour blog: Nationalise Southern Cross?John Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269161145575667147noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733583.post-65847028228310801412011-06-11T07:24:33.625+01:002011-06-11T07:24:33.625+01:00Hi Robert
There has to be proper regulation, gove...Hi Robert<br /><br />There has to be proper regulation, governance and accountability of all organisations that provide social care (often at an eye watering cost to the public).<br /><br />I agree that it is absolutely vital that all staff must be adequately trained, supported and paid. <br /><br />Hi JLS<br /><br />Agreed (as always)John Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14269161145575667147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733583.post-13697618332725002792011-06-10T09:37:51.107+01:002011-06-10T09:37:51.107+01:00Local authorities are rapidly moving towards a pos...Local authorities are rapidly moving towards a position where all services will be provided by the private sector, not only care homes but all care provided to vulnerable and elderly people within the community. The principle of keeping people within their own homes for as long as possible is of course right but this is putting ennormous pressure on privately run care agencies who are (and I'm generalising here) not up to the task. Poor pay, poor or non existent training, high staff turnover is never going to result in a good service. Even the word 'services' is being removed from the vocabulary of local authorities as they rush to implement the Personalisation agenda...the privatisation of Adult Social Care is upon us and recent events within the private care sector I'm afraid are the tip of the iceburg.<br /><br />Conservative led councils aren't rolling over, they are gleefully seizing an opportunity to implement changes that previously would have been deemed politically too unpopular. They aren't fighting closures they are actively pursueing them.John's Little Sisternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733583.post-33561155623676473152011-06-10T09:10:28.197+01:002011-06-10T09:10:28.197+01:00All you do with privatization is move these thugs ...All you do with privatization is move these thugs into more secure jobs.<br /><br />The problem is of course Councils do not want to run these homes or be involved with the difficulty of looking after some of the most disruptive disabled people.<br /><br />The Charities/ government had hoped by giving the jobs to these firms they would some how employ people to do jobs, fully trained nurses found difficult, and of course both the council and the private firms found employing the right people at the min wage difficult, the training is wrong, if training is undertaken at all. The watch dog is toothless, these private firms had power because the council knew they had nowhere to put them.<br /><br />These people who look after these disabled people need training need a professional body and they need decent wages to ensure people who come in are the right people.<br /><br />These private forms came in because of care in the community, and I can remember the Stories of the care in the NHSRoberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05186557603493331701noreply@blogger.com