Just finished a conference call with the Council’s Chief Exec, the Head of Finance and the Head of Adult care, with my councillor colleagues Cllr Craig Martin (North Lodge) and Cllr Amanda Hopgood.

We discussed PPE, care home safety, financial assistance for care homes and a few other issues related to council services generally.

The Council is working hard to make sure that all concerns being raised are being addressed and further help for Care Homes is likely in the coming weeks on top of the extensive help already being offered.

Where care homes are struggling with PPE, the council and the government are working closely together to ensure no care homes run out of kit and care homes are being contacted daily by the Council. If any care home has any issues they can contact their council representative for help, but if anyone finds that there are issues, please do let your local councillors know.

Separately we also asked about other council services and when we may see reopening/restarting. There are no plans for Waste Sites to open in the near future, however there may be more positive news on garden waste soon.