Tuesday, February 20, 2007
ADULT COMMUNITY CARE BUDGET
KEY POINTS
Lambeth cant afford to pay for everyone who wants care services - growth in demand is outstripping the council's ability to pay for it with additional external resources.
There are no cuts in fact the budget is increased by £1.9m.
The same problem is hitting all other councils, but Lambeth are in a worse position because there are no reserves as the previous administration froze the council tax and used up reserves.
If changes are not made the cumulative extra cost would be £3.4m over 3 years
The District Auditor has insisted on an Adjustment to the accounts covering a period of several years and this is having an impact of some £15m plus.
The Local Government Association which represents all Councils in England sums up the situation.
It is increasingly obvious that insufficient funding and demographic pressure, local government cannot afford to offer to vulnerable older people the care that they, or wider society, might reasonably expect, both now and in the future.
They are campaigning to get the Government to provide extra funding .
Additionally more and more services previously available at hospital are being
delivered by local authorities but without the corresponding transfer of resources from the PCT.
www.lga.gov.uk/documents/publication/withoutacare.pdf
KEY POINTS
Lambeth cant afford to pay for everyone who wants care services - growth in demand is outstripping the council's ability to pay for it with additional external resources.
There are no cuts in fact the budget is increased by £1.9m.
The same problem is hitting all other councils, but Lambeth are in a worse position because there are no reserves as the previous administration froze the council tax and used up reserves.
If changes are not made the cumulative extra cost would be £3.4m over 3 years
The District Auditor has insisted on an Adjustment to the accounts covering a period of several years and this is having an impact of some £15m plus.
The Local Government Association which represents all Councils in England sums up the situation.
It is increasingly obvious that insufficient funding and demographic pressure, local government cannot afford to offer to vulnerable older people the care that they, or wider society, might reasonably expect, both now and in the future.
They are campaigning to get the Government to provide extra funding .
Additionally more and more services previously available at hospital are being
delivered by local authorities but without the corresponding transfer of resources from the PCT.
www.lga.gov.uk/documents/publication/withoutacare.pdf
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