Surrey County UNISON branch

On the 1st April UNISON and the GMB have met with Surrey County Council to discuss the Council Transformation Programme of the Proposals for Surrey County Council in-house Learning Disability Day Care Services. The purpose of the report is to update is in developing proposals for the modernisation of dayservices for people with learning disabilities. These are draft proposals prior to them being presented to the Executive on the 10th June. The consultation period, if approved, will commence on the 16 June 2008. The Select Committee will receive regular updates on the progress of the consultation and will report its findings to the Executive.

We were told at this meeting that there is nothing in the proposals that will lead to job cuts.