Jun 07 - Government: No Change In Dementia Facility “Story Line”
The Government has said that there has been no change in the “story line” behind the dementia facility project. Number Six says that GSD MP Roy Clinton “may not be capable of making more than one particular point in any given argument” adding that saying that the dementia facilities are a complex project and that the Government will avoid paying over the odds is true and both points are “perfectly valid.”
A statement continued: “Mr Clinton is not as well informed as he seems to think when he suggests that there may have been a change in the preferred supplier of carers for the Dementia Residential Unit. No formal announcement has been made, but the applicant, selected after a thorough competitive procedure by a panel of experts, has been informed and is already preparing for the task ahead.
“Work on opening the facilities are progressing well across all areas.”
Minister for Health, theDr John Cortes, commented: “I’ve never smoked in my life, much less generated any type of smokescreen. I will ensure that we get the best facilities for dementia care that Gibraltar has ever had, just like I ensured that we have the best Mental Health facility that Gibraltar has ever had. And we are very close indeed to opening the new Unit.”
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