More Cut Backs, This Time Its Homehelps

[Jan]

Argyll & Bute have decided to "withdraw from the provision of domestic only home care."

What this means is anyone that does not recieve "personal care," will lose their home help. You will have to go private to Medicare or some other organisation, or if that's impossible you will have to pay £9.50 per hour for an A&B homehelp, but that will not last forever, because they will be phased out.
This PROPSAL will be completed by January 2007.

[Dunc]

How else do you expect the "Jolly" to Northern Ireland by the Councellors to be paid for ( again.).perhaps video conferencing does not mean anything to them if its so necessary...OR could this be anything to do with the £15k it is proposed to pay councellors after the 2007 elections..

Dunc

[petewick]

How else do you expect the "Jolly" to Northern Ireland by the Councellors to be paid for ( again.).perhaps video conferencing does not mean anything to them if its so necessary...OR could this be anything to do with the £15k it is proposed to pay councellors after the 2007 elections..

Dunc

Not only but also the £10k-£20k severance pay to all retiring councilors.



petewick

[Ship called Dignity]

How else do you expect the "Jolly" to Northern Ireland by the Councellors to be paid for ( again.).perhaps video conferencing does not mean anything to them if its so necessary...OR could this be anything to do with the £15k it is proposed to pay councellors after the 2007 elections..

Dunc

Probably a separate thread but don't you think it would make sense to pay Councillors and get a better deal from them in return?

[Dunc]

Well I think a possibility would be to make them more accountable to the Local Community maybe via the Community Council but a review of what they were asked to "do" and what they"achieved" each year would be essential or it carries on like the present with seemingly a lot of dissatisfaction.Eg do you think the present in post deserve that kind of salary
but still be unaccountable to the grass roots who elect them..

Eh..

Dunc

[petewick]

How else do you expect the "Jolly" to Northern Ireland by the Councellors to be paid for ( again.).perhaps video conferencing does not mean anything to them if its so necessary...OR could this be anything to do with the £15k it is proposed to pay councellors after the 2007 elections..

Dunc

Probably a separate thread but don't you think it would make sense to pay Councillors and get a better deal from them in return?

Performance related pay?

[Dunc]

Well something akin to that. I worked under Performance Pay criteria and found it very disruptive and divided the staff into goodies and baddies.This was where many staff were involved but in the case of one individual it has possibilities..provided the "supervisors" are high enough calibre.

Dunc

[mrn]

Well I think a possibility would be to make them more accountable to the Local Community maybe via the Community Council but a review of what they were asked to "do" and what they"achieved" each year would be essential or it carries on like the present with seemingly a lot of dissatisfaction.Eg do you think the present in post deserve that kind of salary
but still be unaccountable to the grass roots who elect them..

Eh..

Dunc

That would be good eh? Councillors who can actually make a difference being accountable to the Community Council. Who are they accountable too? In fact who are they and what have they ever done?

[Dunc]

Ok fine so my idea's crap (had them before) but whats you're suggestion..status quo??
Dunc

[Ship called Dignity]

.Eg do you think the present in post deserve that kind of salary but still be unaccountable to the grass roots who elect them..

Eh..

Dunc

In a word Yes.