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Contract for the Provision of Supported Accommodation for Older People (Extra Care)

Meeting: 21/06/2022 - Cabinet (Item 9)

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Minutes:

The Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Health Integration presented a report on a review of ‘extra care’ housing provision in the Borough and proposals to procure a new, maximum five-year contract for the delivery of the service. 

 

Extra care services were currently delivered across four sites in the Borough: Harp House, Colin Pond Court, Darcy House and Fred Tibble Court.  Those developments comprised self-contained homes with design features and support services available to enable residents to live as independently as possible, while at the same time having communal facilities such as lounges and laundry rooms and access to 24-hour care and support for those who required it.  The schemes also ran activity programmes, often co-produced with the residents, and linked up with other community and voluntary sector services and assets.

 

The Cabinet Member referred to the particular circumstances at Colin Pond Court and the consideration given to decommissioning the site as an extra care scheme and turning it into a sheltered accommodation scheme.  As part of the general consultation with all affected residents of Harp House, Colin Pond Court, Darcy House and Fred Tibble Court, the residents of Colin Pond Court were also consulted on that specific proposal and a meeting held with residents and their family members.  As a result of the feedback from the consultation, the Cabinet Member confirmed that extra care schemes would continue at all four sites despite the additional budget pressure of between £0.5m - £0.8m that would result.  On that matter, the Cabinet Member alluded to other initiatives within the adult social care service that would help address the areas of pressure.

 

Cabinet resolved to:

 

(i)  Agree that the Council proceeds with the procurement of a contract for the provision of an Extra Care service in accordance with the strategy set out in the report; and

 

(ii)  Delegate authority to the Strategic Director, Children and Adults, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Health Integration, the Director of Finance and Investment and the Chief Legal Officer, to conduct the procurement and enter into the contract and extension documents with the successful bidder in accordance with the strategy set out in the report.