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Banff & Buchan MSP Stewart Stevenson has welcomed an additional £40 million that will be invested in free personal care, ending a funding shortfall that has been in place since the programme was introduced in 2002. Around 9,600 residents in care homes currently receive personal care payments, with around 6,200 of these also receiving nursing care payments. Around 42,400 people are benefiting from free personal care at home.
Commenting, Mr Stevenson said:
“The provision of free personal care is vital to a significant number of people in Banff & Buchan and I welcome the fact that the historic shortfall in funding that has existed since the policy’s introduction has now been addressed.
“Scotland's Free Personal Care policy is rightly respected and admired for providing real support and benefit to some of our more vulnerable older people. The universal nature of the Free Personal and Nursing Care policy was always intended to ensure that care is provided on a fair and equitable basis but it is important that there are sufficient resources in place to allow free personal care to continue to be a success.
“That is why this increase is so welcome and will be seen as good news for people across Banff & Buchan.”
Karen Adam is now the MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast
