Decision details

(ACH&PH) - Respite Beds at Conway Crescent

Decision Maker: Strategic Director of Adult Care, Housing and Public Health

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Decision:

 

ROTHERHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

 

RECORD OF OFFICER EXECUTIVE DECISION

 

 

Date of Decision:

 

5 January 2022

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

 

Anne Marie Lubanski

Strategic Director, Adult Care, Housing and Public Health

 

Specific Delegation:

(If any)

 

Non-specific

Brief Description of Decision:

 

 

To step down the provision of the eight respite beds at Conway Crescent, enabling the resource to deliver hospital surge beds on a temporary basis to support patient flow at TRFT. 

 

Reasons for the Decision:

 

 

The current high numbers of Covid positive cases and outbreaks in Rotherham due to the Omicron variant is impacting on capacity at TRFT and resources for discharge, with a number of providers of intermediate care and nursing care across the borough currently closed to admissions.

 

Adult care provider services deliver 15 intermediate care beds and in the short term an additional 15 hospital surge beds.

 

Our facilities are either closed to admissions due to outbreaks or taking reduced numbers of admissions due to reduced staffing capacity.

 

The decision was made to utilise Conway Crescent for surge provision to ensure delivery of this critical need, supporting patient flow and discharge across Place.

 

The situation is being monitored and reviewed on a daily basis and Conway will revert back to business as usual as soon as the requirement for additional surge capacity reduces.

 

Any families who have had respite cancelled and are in need of alternative support during this short period will be referred to the My Front Door Team.

 

Details of alternative options considered and rejected:

 

No current alternative options were able to be considered due to overall staffing capacity being adversely impacted by the spread of the Omicron variant.

Conflicts of interest declared by any Executive Member consulted by the decision maker which relates to the decision:

 

No conflicts of interest declared.

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

 

N/A

Reports or parts of reports considered

 

None considered.

 

I certify that this is a true record of the executive decision in relation to the step down the provision of the eight respite beds at Conway Crescent.

 

 

Signed by the Decision Maker                                     Dated:18 January 2022

 

Name:  Anne Marie Lubanski      

 

Job Title: Strategic Director of Adult Care, Housing and Public Health

 

Publication date: 20/01/2022

Date of decision: 05/01/2022