PARENTS MAKE PASSIONATE PLEA TO WORCESTERSHIRE COUNCIL CHIEFS TO HALT PLANS TO CLOSE SHORT BREAKS UNIT FOR DISABLED CHILDREN

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- 26/04/201826/04/2018

Residents fighting plans to close a vital short breaks unit for disabled children in Kidderminster today made an impassioned plea to county chiefs to drop the proposals. Parents warned that "reluctantly" legal action could follow if the council fails to "do the right thing" over plans to close the six-bed respite

CONSULTATION OVER WORCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL CLOSURE PLAN FOR LUDLOW ROAD SHORT BREAKS UNIT FOR DISABLED CHILDREN CONDEMNED AS “HAPHAZARD, INCONSISTENT, CONFUSED”

- 23/04/201823/04/2018

A damning report has today described consultation around county council proposals to close a vital short breaks unit for disabled children in Kidderminster as "haphazard, confused and inconsistent." The report also expresses "sadness" that the process may have added to the distress of vulnerable families. It calls for a major review of

COUNTY CHIEFS SUPPRESSED CRITICAL REVIEW OF ITS FINANCES, NEW INVESTIGATION FINDS

- 16/04/201816/04/2018

Worcestershire council leaders suppressed a critical report by independent experts which called on them to take “urgent action” to address the county's financial woes. The review criticised the Conservative-run county council’s financial planning as “overly optimistic”, “counter-intuitive” and in need of “radical overhaul”. Opposition leader Councillor Peter McDonald described the decision by

SHOCK DRUG DEATH RISE IN WYRE FOREST MAKES DISTRICT ‘MOST DEADLY’ IN WEST MIDLANDS

- 05/04/201806/04/2018

EXCLUSIVE A shocking rise in drug-related deaths in Wyre Forest means the district has become the worst in the West Midlands for heroin and morphine abuse tragedies. Eighteen people, including eight women, died from misuse of all drugs in Kidderminster, Stourport and Bewdley in the two years up to the end of

COURT THREAT LOOMS OVER PLAN BY WORCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL TO AXE VITAL RESPITE CARE CENTRE IN KIDDERMINSTER FOR DISABLED CHILDREN

- 28/03/201829/03/2018

Consultation over plans to shut a Kidderminster short breaks sanctuary for disabled children has been labelled “a sham” and “a disgrace” after it emerged that council chiefs hatched plans to axe it more than two years ago. Now the battle to save the Ludlow Road service could end up in the high

Fire station plans get green light despite longer 999 response times for Kidderminster, Bewdley and Stourport

- 21/03/201822/03/2018

Controversial cost-cutting plans to close three fire stations and open a new £5 million station on the edge of Kidderminster have been backed by district planners. The new so-called Emergency Services Hub for Wyre Forest will be built on Stourport Road, between Kidderminster and Stourport, close to the district council's HQ. Despite