The organism, created in 2008, manages the Santa Rita residence and the aim is to incorporate other residences or resources of the municipalities.

The councillor for Social Welfare of Menorca, Carmen Reynés, met this Friday, 14th March, with mayors, councillors and social services technicians from the different municipalities to give a boost to the Menorca Social and Health Care Consortium. The aim is to give content to the Consortium, which was created in 2008 and manages the Santa Rita residence.

‘From the beginning, we have considered that the Consortium should also manage other residences or resources. In today’s meeting, we have taken the first step of a long-term plan, with a 10-year vision, to make this possible. The idea is to achieve greater efficiency of Menorca’s social resources,’ Reynés explains.

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The Department of Social Welfare meets with mayors, councillors and technicians to promote the Menorca Social and Health Care Consortium

‘For the moment, we have started to differentiate the staff who manage Santa Rita, which will now be managed by the Consortium. We want to gradually incorporate or integrate the residences or resources of other municipalities into the Consortium, provided that the local councils so request. The first challenge for the Consortium will be the incorporation of the Santiago residence, which will serve as a pilot test to determine, above all, the legal and technical complexities. After the meeting, we have already been able to see the difficulties derived from the particularities of each town hall in terms of the different management systems,’ Reynés added.

During the meeting, issues such as the lack of staff, the contracting of non-expendable material and the home care service were also discussed.

In addition to Reynés, the meeting was attended by the island’s director of Elderly People, Disability and Mental Health, Melissa Manota; the island’s director of General Services, Joan Benejam; the mayor of Maó, Héctor Pons; the mayor of Es Castell, Lluís Camps; the mayor of Ferreries, Pedro Pons; the mayor of Ferreries, Pedro Pons; and the mayor of Es Castell, Lluís Camps; the Mayor of Ferreries, Pedro Pons; the Mayor of Es Mercadal, Joan Palliser; the Mayoress of Sant Lluís, Loles Tronch; councillors of social services from all the municipalities, as well as technicians from the Consell and the local administrations.