A FINAL report on the proposed changes to adult social care in the borough will go before the cabinet tomorrow, Thursday.

The report sets out the plans to modernise services in the borough that would see day centres, including Fourways in Tyldesley, closed if they are approved.

Service users, their carers and families and staff have been giving their views on the proposals during a consultation period that ended in September and several amendments have been included in the report.

These include a proposal to open a day service at weekends and bank holidays and the development of an integrated service for people with long-term conditions, acquired brain injury and learning disabilities.

Clr Keith Cunliffe, Wigan Council cabinet member for adults and social care, said: “We have £100 million in cuts to make but we still have a commitment to provide services to the people out there.

“This is about managing demand. We have shut some day centres and we are proposing that we shut some more but those places that close either the land or the receipt for the land will be ring fenced for adult social care.”

The report recommends that Fourways be closed and the possibility of it becoming a residential location for an extra care facility for older and disabled people explored.

Heath Road day centre in Ashton-in-Makerfield will also be closed while Heathside in Leigh will no longer offer day support to allow for the residential home to expand.

The service at Ullswater in Orrell will also be stopped to allow Broadmead to expand although none of the centres will close until alternatives are in place which Stuart Cowley, director of adult social care and health, expects to be in January.

He said: “We carried out a meaningful consultation with a range of stakeholders including users, carers and staff.

“This is the report that we are recommending. We think this is how to deliver adult social care differently and better as well as wrapping services around people’s wishes and connecting them to the community.”