Social services in Valencia 'worst in Spain'; Navarra comes out top
Thursday, June 13, 2013 @ 11:52 AM
VALENCIA, the Canary Islands, Madrid and Murcia have the worst social services in Spain, according to the Rights, Economy and Cover (DEC) Index for this year.
The research – which was in fact carried out by the State Association of Social Service Managers – said the level of development of the system is 'irrelevant' in these federal regions, and 'weak, outdated and with negative perspectives' throughout Spain as a whole.
Overall, based upon quality criteria, the DEC Index 2013 graded the Spanish social services with 49.2 per cent, a clear failure, and says this is due to public funding cutbacks rather than general incompetence.
In four years, nearly half a billion euros have been slashed from the State social services budget.
Criteria used to evaluate the system included factors such as expenditure per head and the breadth of service provided for each region.
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