It seems that Barnet Council have undergone a massive failure in provision of social care, following a change over of care providers. This story, which has been broken by the Hendon Times - http://m.times-series.co.uk/news/14745911._Disaster____care_company_changeover_goes_badly_wrong/ - is just the latest in a sorry list of failure.
The Conservative councillor in charge, Sachin Rajput, chairman of the adults and safeguarding
committee, said: “We are very disappointed the transfer of our
enablement service from our former provider to our new provider Aquaflo
Care did not go as we had planned. This falls below the level of service our residents should expect and
we are working closely with Aquaflo to make sure our vulnerable
residents are safe. We are taking this matter very seriously.”
The programme which provides a six-week period of care to people who
need help regaining their independence, was taken over by Aquaflo Care two weeks ago (September 5). But errors which arose from the takeover of the service, which was
previously outsourced to Housing 21, left social service staff
overworked and many people expecting care not knowing why they were
going without.
The Barnet Eye is making its own enquiries and will report in more detail later.
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