1 Summary

The following decision is sought:

1.1 Agreement, subject to availability of budget, to procure an appropriate Nurse Call and Resident Monitoring system for Nursing Homes at an estimated cost of £350,000 plus annual support and licence fees over four years. The total project cost including the ongoing IT Services support costs are expected to be £491,000. See Section 4 of the briefing paper for a breakdown of these costs.

2 Reason(s)

2.1 The Nursing Care Investment Strategy Programme Board has commissioned 10 nursing homes to be built in Hampshire, to provide 500 beds aimed at improving the speed at which NHS patients can be returned to the community.

2.2 Resident Monitoring for Nursing will offer substantial benefits to the Social Services Department in its requirement to conform to Clinical Governance Standards as prescribed by The Care Homes Regulations 2001 and the Care Standards Act 2000.

2.3 These decisions support three of the Aims of the Corporate Strategy: Aim 1 (Maximising Life Opportunities by assisting timely delivery of caring services); Aim 5 (Improving Services) by improving the productivity of staff; and Aim 6 (Developing Councillors and Staff by enabling staff with the appropriate systems and resources in delivering appropriate services.

1 Other options considered and rejected

3.1 Separated nurse call and monitoring systems, as well nurse call only

4.0 Conflicts of Interest declared by the decision-maker or other Executive Member consulted

5.0 Dispensation granted by the Standards Committee

6.0 Reasons for the matter being dealt with if urgent

Approved by: _______________________________

(Councillor Felicity Hindson)

Date of decision: _____________________________