Issue - meetings

Report of the Strategic Director of Adult Care, Housing and Public Health

Cabinet Member:     Councillor Roche

Commissioner:         Ney (in advisory role)

Recommendations:

That option 2 of the report be approved, which is to move the provision of rehabilitation out of the building base (RICC at Badsley Moor Lane) and re-provide within the community.

Consideration was given to proposals for the future of Rotherham Intermediate Care Centre (RICC) at Badsley Moor Lane.

The RICC was delivered in partnership by the Council and The Rotherham Foundation Trust. It contributed to the aims, objectives and outcomes set out in the Intermediate Care Service specification and Better Care Fund Plan 2017-19.

The Centre was jointly commissioned by the Rotherham Clinical Commissioning Group and the Council through a Section 75 Agreement under the Better Care Fund to provide rehabilitation and community integration facilities within a day setting for residents of Rotherham or who were registered with a Rotherham GP practice. 

This report had been considered by the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board as part of the pre-scrutiny process who were in support of the recommendations, subject to the Health Select Commission receiving updates on the performance of re-designed Intermediate Care Service to ensure there was no negative implications for the client experience.

Resolved:-  (1)  That Option 2 of the report submitted be approved i.e. to move the provision of rehabilitation out of the building base (RICC at Badsley Moor lane) and re-provide within the community.

(2)  That Health Select Commission receive updates on the performance of re-designed Intermediate Care Service to ensure there was no negative implications for the client experience.

Consideration was given to a report due to be determined at the Cabinet and Commissioners’ Decision Making Meeting on 21 May 2018 in respect of proposals for the future of Rotherham Intermediate Care Centre (RICC).

It was reported that the RICC was located on Badsley Moor Lane in the centre of Rotherham and was delivered in partnership by Rotherham Council and the Rotherham Foundation Trust and contributes to the aims, objectives and outcomes set out in the intermediate care service specification and Better Care Fund Plan 2017/19. The centre was jointly commissioned by Rotherham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and the Council through a Section 75 Agreement under the Better Care Fund to provide rehabilitation and community integration facilities within a day setting for residents of Rotherham or who are registered with a Rotherham GP practice.

Members noted that the report had been through the CCG’s governance and the BCF governance frameworks. The centre also accommodated therapists, specialist mental health workers and support workers who were providing services across Rotherham to promote and maximise independence following a person’s recent episode in hospital, change in functional abilities or a worsening of their long-term condition.

Members were broadly supportive of the proposal and asked for regular updates on the performance of the re-designed Intermediate Care Service to be submitted to the Health Select Commission, with a specific view to gaining assurance there had been no negative implications for the client experience.

Resolved:-

1.    That Cabinet be advised that the recommendations be supported.

2.    That Health Select Commission receive updates on the performance of re-designed Intermediate Care Service to seek assurance that there is no negative implications for the client experience.