Issue - meetings

Issue - meetings

Campus Closure Project Report

Meeting: 24/08/2015 - SOCIAL CARE, HEALTH & HOUSING OVERVIEW & SCRUTINY COMMITTEE (Item 27)

27 Learning Disabilities NHS Campus Reprovision end of Project Report pdf icon PDF 103 KB

 

To receive a report on the Learning Disabilities NHS Campus Reprovision end of Project and provide comments.

 

Minutes:

 

The Head of Contracts introduced a report that gave an overview of the history of the Campus Reprovision Programme and had involved care home residents that were moved out of care homes and long-stay hospitals to their own homes.

 

The project had been completed in January 2015 and lessons had been learnt to ensure good accommodation was provided in the heart of the community.  Some residents had reported they felt isolated and lonely, so steps had been taken to ensure socialising opportunities were made available.

 

Some residents with learning disabilities had been placed in out of county accommodation and officers planned to find new accommodation for them in Central Bedfordshire.

 

In light of the presentation and detailed discussion Members raised the following:-

·         When the outstanding balance of £700K capital monies would be available for reinvestment?   The Head of Contracts advised that work was ongoing with the BCCG to ensure the capital was returned from NHS Propco.

·         The need to ensure communities and the voluntary sector continued to make a difference with social events, help and encouraging the use of social networks by service users.

 

The Executive Member for Social Care and Housing referred to a video called "My Place - Supported Living" that showed interviews with service users and how they felt about their new homes. A link to the video would be circulated to the Committee.

 

The scale of the project and improved quality of care was noted and officers congratulated.

 

NOTED the report.