ARGYLL’S health and social care board is taking a begging bowl to Holyrood as it faces a £2.4 million budget gap this year.
The Health and Social Care Partnership’s (HSCP) most controversial cost-saving proposals, to cut council- run care homes, day care and learning disability centres, were rejected by the Integrated Joint Board (IJB) last month, following public outrage when the plans were leaked.
For people who work within and use these services, redesign means closure and more than 400 potential job losses.