Sense has prevailed at last! In my last post, I discussed why the tendering of care and support services was such a bad idea, after Edinburgh Council was forced to abandon its tender process. The independent review stated that the process…
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Care & Support Tender abandoned … for now …
The Finance and Resources committee today agreed not to proceed with the awarding of Care and Support contracts as originally proposed. On the face of it, this is good news. It means that people currently receiving care and support services…
Care & Support tender process not meticulous or thorough!
The verdict is in. The process undertaken by the council to put care and support services out to tender should be halted. At last! This coming Thursday, a reconvened meeting of the Finance and Resources Committee will be discussing the…
Care and Support services still in limbo
Well, perhaps unsurprisingly, we still don’t seem to have any information about the next moves regarding the tendering of the care and support services. This nonsense has been rumbling on since the end of October last year, yet despite what’s…
Care & Support Services
I am very pleased that finally, the Council administration’s proposed tendering of Care and Support Services has been put on hold. It will be reviewed independently (although we’re not sure what this means yet!) over the next few weeks, and…