TEARSOFPAIN
Sarwar tells families: I feel like crying for you
The fight against controversial cost-cutting measures for health and social care in Renfrewshire is set to be taken to the Scottish Parliament.
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has pledged to raise the concerns of vulnerable people and their families at Holyrood after attending a public meeting at the Wynd Centre in Paisley yesterday.
The politician joined Neil Bibby MSP and Paisley and Renfrewshire
South General Election candidate Johanna Baxter in meeting those associated with Mirin and Milldale day centres, Montrose Care Home and Quarriers Renfrewshire head injury service.
Mr Sarwar hailed campaigners, who are fighting for the future of their services, as “courageous and heroic” in an interview with the Paisley Daily Express.
He said: “They are of course fighting for their own individual family members but they are also fighting for the wider community.
“They should not have to expend that emotional energy and time – which should be spent with their loved ones who they are so worried about – on fighting and having to campaign, sending emails and letters and attending public meetings.
“It’s just not fair.
“I feel like crying myself looking at some of the tears around the room, but that’s the reality for communities in Renfrewshire and communities across the country.”
Carers have spent months protesting a potential merger of Mirin and Milldale centres for adults with learning disabilities and autism – a proposal which is on the back-burner for now after the integration joint board (IJB), the body responsible for oversight of the health and social care partnership (HSCP), could not agree