Issue - meetings

The Corporate Director of Health, Housing & Adult Social Care to present a report which will review the outcomes and achievements of the Older Persons’ Accommodation Programme launched in 2015. It will also highlight the continued and growing need for new accommodation with care for older people and will propose a further phase of the Programme in order to tackle this need.

Resolved:  (i)      That the outcomes and achievements, which will deliver a substantial increase in the quantity and quality of accommodation with care for older people, be noted.

(ii)      That a report be brought back to the November meeting of the Executive so that they may consider the business case for a further phase of the Older Persons’ Accommodation Programme.

Reason:     In order to respond to the continued and growing need for accommodation with care for older people in the city.

The Programme Director, Older Persons’ Accommodation presented a report which reviewed the outcome and achievements of the Programme to date and proposed a further phase to tackle the continued and growing need for new accommodation with care for older people.

Progress to date was detailed in paragraphs 9 to 18 of the report and in the table at Annex 1.  The Programme was on track to deliver 964 new units of accommodation with care for older people by 2020, compared to the original target of 533 units.  It had delivered changes generating revenue savings of over £500k per year and stimulating over £100m of capital investment.  A key feature was the transformation of the Burnholme Community College site which would deliver key health and wellbeing facilities for neighbouring communities, as well as a new 80 bed care home. 

The first phase of the Programme had focused primarily on residential care and the needs of those with higher care requirements.  A further phase would allow the council, working with health and housing colleagues, to address the wider system, in line with the vision to support older people with all levels of care needs to live independently.  It was therefore proposed to bring a business case for further investment to the Executive in November.

Members noted that this was the last report to be presented to Executive by Roy Wallington, as a new Programme Director  would take over on Monday.  They thanked Roy and his team for their work on the Programme and wished him well in his next role.

Resolved:  (i)      That the outcomes and achievements, which will deliver a substantial increase in the quantity and quality of accommodation with care for older people, be noted.

(ii)      That a report be brought back to the November meeting of the Executive so that they may consider the business case for a further phase of the Older Persons’ Accommodation Programme.

Reason:     In order to respond to the continued and growing need for accommodation with care for older people in the city.