17/09/2026
Glasgow's health and social care partnership is facing Β£100million deficit in the next 3 years. Officers first savings proposals to try to meet this deficit as part of their 'Step Forward' Programme amount to approx. Β£5million, but you can already see the damage these will do.
They include:
- Closure of over half of the Welfare Rights Service
- Closure of 6 out of 10 older people's day care centres
- Closure of Complex Needs Service + Enhanced Drug Treatment service
This programme will continue the persistent decimation of public services in Glasgow.
The Scottish Government has shown little to no care for the desperate situation Glasgow City HSCP has been in in recent years.
Question is, do the Scottish Government care about us having a health and social care system there for us when we need it?