Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Executive Councillor (Reform & Governance)

he report provides the Executive with an update on progress of the project and to recommend that land at Booth Street, Edgeley is released for the development of a new care home as it is critical to the success of the Borough Care Investment Programme.

(Please note: this report contains information ‘not for publication’ contained within its appendix that has been circulated to executive councillors only)

The Executive is invited to approve the following:

·         To give delegated authority to the Deputy Chief Executive in consultation with Executive Members for Reform & Governance and Adult Social Care to progress the asset transactions identified at 5.2 and to authorise the Head of Legal Services to draw up and execute on behalf of the Council all necessary legal agreements and leases and any other legal documentation required to implement this decision;

·         The development of a masterplan for Booth Street to accommodate the care home, additional housing and other uses as appropriate and;

·         Option 2 programme identified at 4.3.1 above to replace Bamford with a new 78 bed care home and simultaneously extend and remodel Reinbek with partial occupation throughout and;

·         To provide annual updates on the progress of the Borough Care Investment Programme to both the Adult Care Services & Housing Scrutiny and Corporate, Resource Management and Governance Scrutiny Committees

·         To authorise amendment to the Alliance Agreement to deliver this project.

Officer contact: Murray Carr, 0161 474 3019, murray.carr@stockport.gov.uk

The Executive Councillor (Reform & Governance) submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) updating the Executive on progress with the implementation of the Borough Care Investment Programme to redevelop the Council’s care home facilities managed by Borough Care Ltd, and to consider a proposal to revise the programme that would include the provision of a new care home on Council owned land at Booth Street, Edgeley.

(Note: the report included a ‘not for publication’ appendix that had been circulated to executive councillors only)

RESOLVED – That in relation to the Borough Care Investment Programme:-

•        the Deputy Chief Executive, in consultation with Executive Councillors (Reform & Governance) and (Adult Social Care), be authorised to progress the asset transactions identified at 5.2 of the report and to authorise the Head of Legal Services to draw up and execute on behalf of the Council all necessary legal agreements and leases and any other legal documentation required to implement this decision;

•        approval be given to the development of a masterplan for Booth Street to accommodate the care home, additional housing and other uses as appropriate and;

•        approval be given to Option 2 programme identified at 4.3.1 of the report to replace Bamford with a new 78 bed care home and simultaneously extend and remodel Reinbek with partial occupation throughout;

•        annual updates on the progress of the Borough Care Investment Programme be provided to both the Adult Care Services & Housing Scrutiny and Corporate, Resource Management and Governance Scrutiny Committees; and

•        authorisation be given to amend the Alliance Agreement to deliver this project.

The report provides an update on progress of the Borough Care Investment Programme and proposes that land at Booth Street (Edgeley) be released for the development of a new care home as it is critical to the success of the Borough Care Investment Programme.

The Scrutiny Committee is requested to note the contents of the report and provide any comments.

Officer contact: Murray Carr on 0161 474 3019 or email: murray.carr@stockport.gov.uk

The Deputy Chief Executive submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) report providing an update on progress of the Borough Care Investment Programme and proposing that land at Booth Street (Edgeley) be released for the development of a new care home as it was critical to the success of the Borough Care Investment Programme.

The Leader of the Council (Councillor Alexander Ganotis) attended the meeting to answer members’ questions.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted

To consider a report of the Deputy Chief Executive.

The report provides an update on progress of the project and to recommend that land at Booth Street, Edgeley be released for the development of a new care home as it is critical to the success of the Borough Care Investment Programme.

The Scrutiny Committee is recommended to comment on and note the report.

Officer contact: Murray Carr on 0161 474 3019 or email: murray.carr@stockport.gov.uk

A representative of the Deputy Chief Executive submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) report providing an update on progress of the Borough Care Investment Programme and proposing that land at Booth Street (Edgeley) be released for the development of a new care home as it was critical to the success of the Borough Care Investment Programme.

The Executive Councillor for Adult Social Care (Councillor Wendy Wild) attended the meeting to answer councillors’ questions.

·         It was noted that since the proposals had originally been considered by the Scrutiny Committee further risk had been identified due to the current lack of availability of care home beds in Stockport and that an alternative strategy has therefore developed which requires the building of additional capacity at the front end of the programme in the form of a new care home on a new site at Booth Street, Edgeley.

·         It was stated that the revised proposals could still be accommodated within the original affordability envelope of £20m.

·         There were no plans to change the nature of the business undertaken by Borough Care as a result of these proposals, namely being predominantly a dementia care provider.

·         It was commented that the number of moves that a resident would be required to make should be kept to a minimum, and that there was an aspiration that a resident would be required to make only one move as a result of these proposals.

·         Residents should be at the core of the proposals and it was acknowledged that these proposals recognised that.

·         There needed to a broad and wide ranging communications programme put in place with residents to dispel concerns at an early stage and reassure residents.

·         A discussion took place in relation to the use of the remainder of the Booth Street site that would not be occupied by Borough Care. 

RESOLVED – (1) That the report be noted.

(2) That the Deputy Chief Executive be recommended to submit a report to a future meeting of the Scrutiny Committee to provide an update on the progression of the scheme.