Issue - meetings

The Executive is asked to:

i)     Note the proposal to undertake further feasibility studies into the future use of Neville House EPH whilst continuing to deliver services from the site.

ii)     Recommend to the Chief Executive Officer that using his emergency delegated powers, he approve:

·       the retention of Ashfield, Skipton and Siler Birches as locality hubs, and;

·       the use of capital and transformation funding to allow for the necessary physical and operational changes to be made to both sites

Considered –

A report of Corporate Director – Health and Adult Services seekingapproval for the retention of Elderly People’s Home provision at Ashfield (Skipton) and Silver Birches, and the transformation of that provision into Care and Support Hubs.

County Councillor Michael Harrison introduced the report confirming the County Council’s successful strategy over recent years to replace elderly persons homes with extra care facilities.  He drew attention to the latest developments detailed in the report, and the proposed transformation of two EPHs to local Hubs where specialist and respite care could be provided.

Finally, he noted that Neville House was to be retained for development later, and that appropriate plans would come forward in due course.

Dale Owens, Assistant Director for Commissioning confirmed that the service continued to meet its savings obligations for the MTFS, and that the proposal in the report allowed the service to respond to the new obligations around hospital discharges.

All Executive Members voted in favour of the recommendations in the report, and it was

Resolved: 

i)     That the proposal to undertake further feasibility studies into the future use of Neville House EPH whilst continuing to deliver services from the site be noted.

ii)    That it be recommended to the Chief Executive Officer that using his emergency delegated powers, he approve:

·       the retention of Ashfield, Skipton and Siler Birches as locality hubs, and;

·       the use of capital and transformation funding to allow for the necessary physical and operational changes to be made to both sites