Issue - meetings

Report of the Assistant Director for Commissioning. To be introduced by the Cabinet Member for Adults and Health.

Report setting out the options for future use of the Osborne Grove Nursing Home site, and seeking approval of the preferred option.

Deputation 2 - Michelle Rodda - Osborne Grove – Agenda Item 11.

Michelle Rodda addressed the Cabinet on behalf of the residents, relatives and community participants in the co-design group on Osborne Grove. The report and recommendations were not endorsed. The deputation was concerned that the option preferred by the co – design group had already been discounted in the report.

The deputation continued to make the following requests:

• A feasibility study that includes a revised option 3 for Osborne Grove to have a 32-bed home with a combined use of long term and intermediate care funded by the CCG to alleviate bed blocking.

• Re—establishment of the joint improvement steering group, including CCG membership, to support Osborne Grove achieving a ‘good’ CQC rating this would enable the embargo to be lifted.

• Amendment of the recommendations to include feasibility report on revised option 3 which includes keeping the 7 residents in situ and improving standards, lifting the embargo and working with the CCG to provide intermediate care and explore other options.

The deputation contested the content of the report and outlined the following:

• The future of the 7 residents that were remaining on site was not fully set out.
• Potential privatisation of the enlarged site
• Reference to paragraph 7.20, which advises that the direct provision is not sustainable.

The deputation had visited an ‘outstanding’ care home to understand the difference between the provision at Osborne Grove. The physical features of the home had been very similar and the main difference was the better governance procedures in place.

The joint improvement steering group was set up in early 2017 following the CQC inspection and now required a new task. This group could analyse the criticisms from the CQC report to understand the actions that were required to move the home from “requires improvement” to a “good” rating. There was expertise to call on and the deputation felt that, with 3 months of concerted work, this could be achieved. In addition, the Council could seek funding from the CCG to support the improvements.

The deputation recommended the Council wait a further 5 years before expanding the provision at Osborne Grove. The deputation suggested initially running a pilot scheme for the Nursing home to allow focus on quality before expansion.

The deputation advised that Homes with nursing beds above 32 had issues; therefore, it was prudent to initially take a smaller scale provision forward before expanding.

The deputation opposed the discounting of option 3 as although the feasibility may suggest a smaller number of beds, this option was favoured by the co –design group and should be added to the options.

The deputation concluded by urging Cabinet to listen to what the community wants and revise the recommendations to include option 3 without amendment. They advised moving the 7 residents to a wing, to allow negotiation on the site.

The deputation group welcomed their membership of the co – design group but the option that was omitted was useful for nursing care continuing. They  ...  view the full minutes text for item 11