WHAT devastating news. Four years and more than £350,000 wasted after City of York Council scraps the “Super care homes plan” (The Press, February 24).

This decision comes after the sale of the once fantastically council-managed care home Oliver House, which is not mentioned in your report.

This was a special place as it provided accommodation to married couples. I cannot imagine why Oliver House and the other condemned residential homes were not modernised.

Let’s face it, the council can find £9.5 million for a digital centre.

So how can we resolve bed blocking now? This is a very serious issue. One would have thought before closing any care homes foundations were at least being laid to solve this problem.

Paul Abbott Ukip branch secretary, Prospective Parliamentary candidate for York Outer.