Clinical Commissioning Group cuts all funding for Day Care at the Glebe The Glebe Daycare Needs You!
Crich Glebe Field Centre has been providing daycare facilities, for the elderly and socially isolated in the community, for almost 20 years. The Daycare Centre has a dedicated and committed staff, and operates 4 days a week. It provides its clients with companionship, a hot meal, and access to other vital services provided at the Glebe. It also allows the clients’ carers much needed respite.
This service is now under threat following the immediate withdrawal of funding from the South Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group. The costs of running the Daycare Centre have been mostly met by external funding from Derbyshire County Council (DCC), the CCG, and its predecessors. DCC have never increased the amount they put in; the CCG’s predecessor made a minimal increase several years ago. In the spring, both funders invited The Glebe to apply for future support. On Thursday 22nd September, the CCG told the Glebe that funding would stop at the end of the month - 8 days notice!