Board members will meet tomorrow morning to set a budget for the coming year but a report warns the process has 'never been more difficult'.
Health and social care bosses in East Renfrewshire are set to agree a package of cuts to help plug a funding gap of almost £10 million.
READ MORE: Renfrewshire toddler diagnosed with incredibly rare condition which keeps her awake for days Lesley Bairden, the HSCP’s chief financial officer, has reported the “challenge” of “delivering a balanced budget whilst trying to minimise the impact on the people we support has never been more difficult”.Her report to the board adds: “We will not achieve the required level of savings without impact on our workforce.
Savings of just over £8.9m are outlined in the budget papers, with a further £800,000 already complete. ‘Redesign’ proposals are currently being worked on to save another £2m. Officials believe the framework is “deliverable” but has “taken longer than we hoped for” and has been reprofiled for the coming year.Phase one of a voluntary severance/early retirement programme is reported to have saved around £780,000, with a second stage targeting £300,000 of savings.
The report adds that the budget proposals would allow the IJB to set a budget that is balanced but “clearly includes significant risk in delivering services whilst achieving the required level of savings”.
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