Aberdeenshire health chiefs have revealed they are on course to be under budget by the end of the financial year following ‘brutal’ service cuts.
The region’s health and social care partnership had to make a number of difficult and unpopular decisions earlier this year in a bid to save £17 million.
Halting transport, axing some day care services and redesigning its Aberdeenshire Responders Care at Home Service (Arch) were just some measures agreed in May.
A report on the partnership’s current financial position was given to members of the integration joint board at Woodhill House earlier today.
Finance chief Gillian Milne told the board that as of the end of July, the partnership had an underspend of £4.287m.
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