Pressure is mounting on Derbyshire County Council to rethink plans to close eight care homes after local MPs met with families affected by the decision. MPs Jonathan Davies, Louise Sandher-Jones, Samantha Niblett and Toby Perkins met with relatives of residents and care home staff on Friday 30 January to hear about the distress and uncertainty […]
Derbyshire care homes
Derbyshire County Council’s closure of eight care homes has left elderly residents and staff who look after them to bear the consequences of months of poor decision-making by authority bosses. The Reform UK-controlled council has confirmed it will shut the homes after a failed attempt to sell them to a private provider. It flies in […]
Derbyshire County Council shut care homes across the county without considering the full impact the closures would have, according to the national equalities watchdog, says UNISON. The Equality and Human Rights Commission has raised concerns there was no assessment of the impact axing care homes and day centres might have on unpaid carers, the majority […]
Around 250 campaigners have shown their opposition to Derbyshire County Council’s plan for the closure or sell-off of the Ada Belfield Centre, a vital care home in the area, says UNISON today (Monday). Protesters marched through Belper on Saturday before attending a rally, organised by the union at which local councillors and Mid Derbyshire MP […]