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Susana Camarero affirms that it has been possible to reverse the “collapsed and uncredited Botànic” agency system and highlights that in the last month the waiting list has been reduced by “10%.”

 

• Susana Camarero affirms that it has been possible to reverse the “collapsed and uncredited Botànic” agency system and highlights that in the last month the waiting list has been reduced by “10%.”
• Since August, 21,288 cases have been resolved and 347 million euros have been paid
• The Valencian Community now exceeds 150,000 people served in the system
• The data for the month of March, which will be made public next week, reflects a new decrease in the waiting list

The second vice president and councilor of Social Services, Equality and Housing, Susana Camarero, has stated that her department is working “without rest” to reverse the situation of the “collapsed and without credit” dependency system that left the Botànic in the month of May, and highlighted that in February “we managed to reduce the waiting list by 10%.”

 

The second vice president recalled that in the month of May 2023 the previous Consell paralyzed the credit extensions necessary for the resolution of files, which caused a “collapse of the system”, leaving the cashier without money, and “an increase in “waiting lists.”

 

Camarero has assured that, at this time and after seven months of work, “we have returned to levels lower than August 2023”, when the waiting list stood at 18,029 people due to the stoppage caused by the previous executive.  

 

In order to "resurrect" the system, he recalled, Carlos Mazón's Consell made "two budget increases of 39.5 and 22 million euros before the end of 2023." Now, he has pointed out, “we are working on a shock plan that will allow us to continue reducing waiting lists, as happened last month and as will happen this month,” according to data that will be published next week.

 

The second vice president has also referred to the central government's contribution to the dependency system, and has once again claimed the 50% that corresponds to it by law, and not the 21% for the year 2022 or the 15% that it contributed in 2021. If the central executive had complied, “we would not be talking about waiting lists because this problem would be solved.”

 

Current data

In the last seven months, the department headed by Susana Camarero has resolved a total of 21,288 cases and has paid 347 million euros, from August to now, updating and paying the amounts of the benefits with the corresponding increases and arrears in accordance with the new amounts agreed by the central government last August and assumed by the autonomous communities.

 

According to the latest data published last month, the Valencian Community's dependency care system already serves 150,732 people, 2,956 more than the previous month. By province, 45,894 people reside in the province of Alicante, 17,282 in Castellón and 87,556 in Valencia. 

 

The balance corresponding to February reflects that a total of 4,699 files of people requesting recognition of the dependency were resolved, 842 people more than the same month of the previous year.

 

These data have made it possible to reduce the waiting list by 2,001 people compared to January, which represents a decrease of 10.2%, the largest decrease in three years. Regarding the payroll paid, 44.35 million euros were paid corresponding to the financial benefits for February and arrears.

 

The 150,732 dependent people included in the system receive specialized care through residential or day services or a financial benefit for the service that the applicant and their family and the social work professional agree on as the best resource for the personal situation of the person. demanding.