Motion to full Council on 26 October
“That this Council register its extreme concern at the impending loss of 71 Community beds in this part of Devon.
It is a well-known fact, particularly in coastal Devon, that there is an above average population of elderly people. Older people take longer to recuperate from illness, hospital admission and operations.
Community services are already overstretched and there is an acute lack of appropriate carers to care for people in their own homes.
Our District General Hospitals increasingly find it difficult to keep up with demand due to the fact that they cannot discharge people when they are ready because of the lack of community services.
All the Government advice has been to encourage the care of people close to their homes. So we therefore urge our 2 local MPs to consider the plight of Devon and speak on our behalf to reconsider this ill thought out decision which has come about only for financial reasons.”
Proposed by Councillor Peter Burrows, seconded by Councillor Douglas Hull and supported by Councillors Eileen Wragg, Pat Graham, Brenda Taylor and Steve Gazzard.
East Devon Watch 