5,400 await care across Balearics as centres promised

In Palma, Mallorca, 5,400 people across the Balearic Islands are waiting for care services they have already been approved to receive, opposition MP Omar Lamin tells parliament on Tuesday, 10 November. Sandra Fernández, the Balearic Islands’ minister for families, social welfare and care for dependent people, promises to open and bring into use every facility in a 2017–2021 infrastructure plan.

Lamin says 1,600 people are waiting for day-centre places and 1,400 for places in public care homes. Waiting times have doubled, he says.

Fernández blames the previous government for poor planning, bids priced too low and cuts. She says the current government has improved contracts and the management of care facilities and services. She gives no dates for the promised openings.

Topics: Social affairs · Politics

Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com