Social services must save 17.5 million kroner next year

Social services in the Faroe Islands must save 17.5 million kroner next year, KVF reports. Nearly nine million kroner will come from salary costs, equivalent to 15 full-time positions, but that does not mean 15 employees will be dismissed, Social Affairs Minister Margit Stóra said.

The largest saving, 9.4 million kroner, will come from the account for welfare services and ordinary operations. The adjustments have been planned to affect people and services as little as possible, Stóra said in a response to MP Eirik í Jákupsstovu.

No one will lose their existing offer, but changes to some services will be felt in daily life. Most of the savings are expected to come from better coordination of activities within and between services.

The fee for respite care for adults will rise to match fees in elderly care, bringing in 250,000 kroner. The response also says waiting lists for some services could grow.