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No More Care Cuts! | ||
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Kingston Primary Care Trust have decided to take a leaf out of Kingston Council’s book and are desperately axing care services after failing to manage their finances sufficiently. Kingston has already lost two tiers of eligibility care criteria and Hobkirk House Elderly Day Care centre this year alone and are now set to lose Fuchsias Ward; dedicated to caring full-time for those with severe dementia, and Springboard; a vocational service for people with mental and learning disabilities to learn skills, gain qualifications and sometimes achieve employment. | ||
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Cllr Mary Clark, who has vigorously tried to help those who are at risk of losing their mental health care services, has said:
“I am truly appalled at the utter disregard for the welfare of | |
Conservative Cllrs were the facilitators of a protest in Kingston Town Centre on Saturday morning against mental health care cuts at
When the petition was taken to New Malden High Street on Saturday 10th November, 440 signatures were collected in under two hours. After another sucessful morning at Tolworth Broadway on Saturday 17th November, the petition had reached nearly 2,000 signatures. Local Conservatives believe that Mental Health in
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Relatives, users and Conservative Councillors demonstrated outside the Guildhall to call for a stop to any cuts to the Fuchsia ward, or any other cuts that may hit the mentally disabled in Conservative Councillor Mary Clark said: "It was heart-warming to see so many relatives and clients of Springboard and Fuchsias Ward turnout to present the 2,000 signature petition to the |
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