Hampshire County Council

Cabinet Item 15

25 July 2005

Enhance Nursing Care Project

Summary of a CONFIDENTIAL Decision

Report by the Director of Social Services

1

Summary

1.1

The following decisions are sought:

a. That the Cabinet requests the Overview and Scrutiny Committee to monitor the re-provision of community services/beds by PCTs in Hampshire.

b. That the cabinet receive a further progress report in December 2005.

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Reasons

2.1

The purpose of this paper is to update Cabinet on the operational implementation of the Enhance Nursing Care project.

2.2

The project is in the early stages of operational delivery; the buildings completed are Hawthorne Court in Fareham, Ticehurst in Aldershot, Willow Court in Andover, Oakridge House in Basingstoke and Fleming House in Eastleigh.

2.3

In this first part of operational delivery we are phasing the admission of nursing residents with plans in place to have successfully admitted 238 nursing residents by March 2006.

2.4

To achieve this we will have employed an additional 400 nurses, care and support staff.

2.5

The paper sets out the background to the project and how the Section 31 agreement is now being put into practice in terms of Eligibility and admission to the nursing beds.

2.6

The information is presented on a geographical basis that is aligned to the populations that are covered by the primary care Trusts clusters across the seven PCTs that are partners through the section 31 agreement.

2.7

This decision supports:

Aim 1 of the Corporate Strategy, Maximising Life Opportunities, by assisting timely delivery of caring services;

Aim 2 of the Corporate Strategy, Stewardship of the Environment, by minimising the use of paper within the service;

Aim 5 of the Corporate Strategy, Improving Services, by improving the productivity of staff and

Aim 6 of the Corporate Strategy, Developing Councillors and Staff, by enabling staff with the appropriate systems and resources in delivering appropriate services.

3

Other options considered and rejected

3.1

Not applicable

4

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

4.1

Not applicable

5

Dispensation granted by the Standards Committee

5.1

Not applicable

6

Reason(s) for the matter being dealt with if urgent

6.1

Not applicable