Cambridgeshire County Council Was Spending £85,000 A Week To Care For One Child.

[Deskdiary]

My question isn't about the rights or wrongs of this, my question is what sort of social care can amount to almost £4.5m a year?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12716449/Cash-strapped-council-spending-85-000-WEEKLY-social-care-bill-just-one-child-review-reveals-staggering-costs-broken-system.html ;

 

 

[barry1010]

I wish the report stated for how long that amount was spent on that child.

I am struggling to come up with ways that amount could be spent

[ToraToraTora]

I just can't see how that can be the case, even the new figure of £30000 a week seems ridiculous.

[naomi24]

So what was it actually spent on?  The child needs seven dedicated carers but even if they were each paid, say, £1,000 a week, I'd still struggle to spend the other £78,000.  I'd like to see a proper breakdown of the costs.

[ToraToraTora]

You could hire a one on one professional freelance carers for 24 hours a day and put them up in the Ritz and it wouldn't cost that much. Something's not right here.

[youngmafbog]

Probably fingers in the till.

Councils and their mates are a real problem, just look at the taxi's in Brum.

[barry1010]

Did it include building a purpose built home with every adaptation, gizmo and gadget needed to enable him to live at home?  Daily physio, specialist treatment? 

[Rosetta]

It says "placement" in the report which suggests residential care somewhere. It might be that the child needs 2 to one care 24x7, that soon racks up the care costs as well as the living/housing  expenses

[douglas9401]

See also residential care for the elderly.

Licence to print money with poor oversight.

Both doubtless trumpeted as saving hard-pressed taxpayers oodles of wonga by lying officials.

[dave50]

How much do you spend on one child? What is the limit? No doubt some would say every life is priceless but I don't believe that, in the real world there has to be a limit, there is no bottomless pit of money. 

[New Judge]

"The child in question needs seven dedicated members of staff for their care..."

OK, so lets assume it costs £100,000 pa to employe each of those (yes, I know, far too much, but indulge me for a minute). That's £700,000 a year - £14,000 a week. So where does the remaining £71k go each week?

[naomi24]

^That's pretty much what I said earlier, NJ.

[New Judge]

^That's pretty much what I said earlier, NJ.

Sorry naomi. Not paying attention. (I did give them a rise, though!  😀)

 

[Ellipsis]

> OK, so lets assume it costs £100,000 pa to employe each of those (yes, I know, far too much, but indulge me for a minute). That's £700,000 a year - £14,000 a week. So where does the remaining £71k go each week?

Given that you've costed the "time", everything else must be "materials" ...