With unprecedented demand and falling funding, senior figures within East Riding Council say things have to change.
"Pushed to breaking point."
That's the verdict of a senior East Riding Council Director.
The authority's Director of Digital, Change and Technology is Andy Parkinson.
He says funding cuts and unprecedented demand means the council's care system must change to keep up:
"We've been in a great place, but we cannot ignore the challenges now that we're facing. Rising demand is just something that every councillor is wrestling with, but for us right now, we are seeing unprecedented rates of looked after children. That's probably the fastest rate that we've ever seen, and if you look at some of our older people that we're trying to look after and support, we're now 42% increase in the number of over 60 fives living alone, in the East Riding, in a 10-year period.
"That just gives you a sense of the scale of what we're trying to deal with. So this has pushed our kind of care model to breaking point the way that we look after adults and children, in particular, in East Riding, has to now got to be re-designed. It has to be re-shaped to respond to that level of demand."
Funding for special educational needs, in the region, is some of the lowest in the country and faces further cuts.
Here's Councillor Phillip Redshaw:
"Families in the East Riding know what it means to struggle for support. They already see services under pressure when we receive some of the lowest SEND funding in England and are then told to accept a cut.
"The message to those families is very stark. It is make do, [it] is not sustainable, it's not fair."
Record Multimillion-Pound Investment Promises To Fix North Yorkshire's Roads And Potholes
North Yorkshire Police Emergency Call Waiting Times Remain Low Despite Surge In Demand
Row Over £20,000 'Incorrect' Public Toilet Charges in Whitby
'Strong Fish Smells' Spark Objections To Seafood Business Application
Maternity And Neonatal Services Face £736,000 Funding Gap To Meet New Safety Standards
Concerns Raised Over Tourist Tax Powers In North York Moors National Park
Educational Outcomes For Coastal Children To Receive Major Boost Under New Pilot Scheme
Special Train Journey Evokes Precious Memories For Dementia Patients On The Yorkshire Coast
Free Flu Vaccines Will Be Available At Drop-In Clinics Along The Yorkshire Coast
Extracurricular Opportunities Set To Expand For Pupils In Scarborough And Whitby
Time-Travelling Children Uncover Scarborough's Geological Past
Solar Panels Confirmed For Whitby And Eastfield Public Buildings To Cut Energy Bills
Comments
Add a comment