Simon says : ‘Carry on Matron’ (clip courtesy John Brace)
Now we admit to being late to the party on this one but one of our keen followers brought to our attention an ‘epic fail’ by one of Wirral Leaks regulars Cllr Moira McLaughlin (aka ‘Matron’) at last week’s ‘People Overview and Scrutiny Committee’.
Whilst the supine members of this particular Committee were quite happy to sit back and accept that Matron knows what she’s actually talking about , we’ve scrutinised the John Brace video we were guided to – and blimey! – our source was right about our Cab Queen councillor – and it seems she’s still taking us all for a ride!
This time it concerns what may seem to be a throwaway comment made at last week’s Committee meeting. Watch with incredulity as after a dreary presentation from Wirral Council’s Safeguarding Lead Simon Garner – God help us one and all – Matron McLaughlin chips in just after 26:00 and comments that after reading the latest Safeguarding Adults Partnership Board (SAPB) ‘annual report’ – well when they say ‘annual’ – there have been 2 ( count’em) since 2012 .
Click to access SAPB%20Annual%20Report%202015%20-2016%20final%20version%20PS.pdf
Matron tells us that prior to reading the latest magnum opus she thought that the highest number of allegations about abuse would implicate family members and that the alleged abuse took place in the vulnerable person’s own home. She pitifully asks whether it’s “a shift , a change in information being gathered”
Well if you’ve been in a coma, maybe ! Really Matron ? you actually said that OUT LOUD and IN PUBLIC and none of the Committee members saw fit to challenge you and say ” WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? But then why have scrutiny when you can resort to that old standby – denial ! In fact we remember last time round the reason given for the rise in referrals about alleged abuse in care homes by care workers was because the SAPB were doing such a good job raising awareness about abuse!
Take a look at this graph from the ONLY previous Safeguarding Adult Partnership Board (SAPB) report (June 2014) :
We’ll just leave it there for the Committee to have a look at . An expression using the words ‘elephant’ and ‘room’ springs to mind. However Director of Adult Social Services Graham Hodkinson chips in at 28.00 to tell us not to worry it’s all in the hands of his QA ( Quality Assurance?) Team – which based on their past history doesn’t exactly reassure us – and asks the pertinent yet evasive question:
” What does that say about care home quality”
What the information tells us is that care services on Wirral are more than a bit of a worry. Whilst that shouldn’t come as a surprise to Wirral Leaks followers perhaps it will to sleepwalking members of the ‘People’ committee.We’ll spell it out for you Graham the quality of too many care homes on Wirral is S-H-I-T …..shit,crap,turdacious or whatever Care Quality Commission (CQC) excrement scale you care to choose! Too ‘disasteful’ for you Mr Hobgoblinson?, try living in one of the care homes you’ve got a contract with at discounted rates even though there known ‘quality’ concerns and get back to us! Just sayin’ !
How prescient of us to write in anticipation of the latest SAPB report in February 2016 (!) :
Meanwhile we anticipate that in it’s long – awaited and much delayed report Wirral Council’s self – congratulatory Safeguarding Board will kiss its own arse and claims it is doing a good job protecting vulnerable people.
As you can see from the above post the quality of Wirral’s ‘care’ providers is something we’ve been banging on about for years . Indeed from when the CQC told Wirral Council way back in 2010 they couldn’t safeguard a dead hamster to the calamitous Independent Review in 2012 that didn’t only tell the council they were safeguarding failures that they themselves were actually perpetrators of abuse!
This small detail was of course omitted from the only previous SAPB report
Click to access SAPB%20Annual%20Report%202012-14%20FINAL.pdf
Indeed we’re appalled to discover that they’ve resumed business with a particular organisation who were redacted out of the Independent Review – whilst some other So & So’s it was a case of carry on regardless – and yet we’re supposed to be as surprised as the Matron that vulnerable people are potentially at more at risk of being abused in care homes and the greatest number of allegations is against their ‘carers’!
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/shamed-carer-who-stole-4k-12153256
It might also explain why the Director of Services of this organisation has stopped contacting us to tell us how appalling Wirral Council are . Might also explain his reluctance to expose historical financial abuse of vulnerable people in his ‘care’ when he knows there are lucrative Wirral Council care contracts to be had if he keeps schtum about their mutual dirty little secret ( which we promise to get round to one day).
Wirralleaks 
I’m wondering what length prison sentences a long line of councillors and senior officers would have got in prison, had there been something called criminal accountability at Wirral Council circa 2012.
In fact Circa the 20th and 21st centuries and all years therein.
That’s assuming Merseyside Police were willing to prosecute.
Which of course they weren’t………especially when it implicated their own.
Well in that case there is something rotten in the State of Primark…
G’day Leaks
Still away in Scotland till today L, have you missed me?
It is plain to see my friend, sober or drunk, and smell from far that wirral still stinks like Kev and Stella’s Stinking Stagnant wirral Waters.
When you move away, even for hours, you see how repulsive that the likes of “Phil the Very Very Very Very Slimy, Elusive, LYING Dill” and his mates are.
Doesn’t matter which political party they are they are just vile specimens of human excrement.
Simples!
Talking, or should I say laughing at, the purple faced people eater that is the “Dill Wit” himself he has finally replied to “Highbrow’s” question of 19 December.
Only took about 100 days to send, I am reliably informed, a non-answer, and, only missed the fearful leaders anniversary, April Fool’s Day”, by a matter of hours.
Ooroo
James
As they have studiously ignored our Wirral “Funny” Bizz issues for nigh on six years I look forward to another six years of insulting them and “The Shyster’s ill Legal Department for another six years and more.
That boomerang is fully loaded “Interested” so mind your head in Wallasey.
Luv from the lowlands Leaky but not as low as wirral XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Gee Leaks I talk some shit about the crud at wirral.
..yea it’s coming….quick duck… It’s the Boomerang…….
” We have given them almost six years to own up and say it was all wrong, they’ve lied, cheated, hidden stuff, obfuscated and told bare faced lies”
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