Care cuts leave families facing 'uncertain future'

Cuts are to be made to services for adults with learning disabilities in Aberdeenshire.

Eight projects will close as part of efforts to find £17m of savings at Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership (AHSCP) this year.

Day centres will stay open, but fewer people will be eligible to attend, while social care transport is to be cut almost entirely.

The board overseeing AHSCP said services would not be removed until alternative provision was found, but families said they were faced with uncertainty.

Aberdeenshire Integration Joint Board (IJB) said changes had to be made or it risked the financial stability of AHSCP.