Issue - meetings

The purpose of this report is to request permission to undertake Home from Hospital pilot project for a period of a year commencing on the 1st October 2018.

Following consideration, the Committee:

(1)          Agreed that a Home from Hospital pilot project be undertaken for a period of one year commencing on 1st October 2018.

The Committee received a report proposing that the Council participate in a 1 year pilot of a Home from Hospital project, commencing on 1 October 2018. This would require the Council to transport some patients from hospital to their home following their discharge, or meet them at their home, and provide short-term intensive support to enable them to access the Council’s existing range of services such as Transport from home, Meals at home, Shopping service, Community alarm +, Handyman service and Disabled Facilities Grants.

Officers informed the Committee that the pilot provided an opportunity to showcase the Council’s services to the Clinical Commissioning Group, and a platform for future commissioning opportunities. The service would be managed within existing resources and would be brought back to the Committee for further consideration if an extension beyond the 1 year pilot was proposed. A legal agreement between the Council and CCG would be produced if the Committee granted its approval, and this would be worded to ensure that the Council did not adopt responsibility for patients’ health care.

Following consideration, the Committee:

(1)          Agreed that a Home from Hospital pilot project be undertaken for a period of one year commencing on 1st October 2018.