Issue details

To provide an extension of COVID designated setting beds for a period of 8 weeks. These beds provide two weeks of bed based care for people who are Covid positive with care and support needs leaving hospital who are not able to return home. At the current time usage of the Covid positive beds is low, however, it is recognised that should the beds remain unused for Covid positive discharges, they could be repurposed and piloted as Transfer of Care beds. This would allow individuals who no longer require an acute bed but who are unable to return home immediately, a short term stay within a residential setting whilst their at home arrangements can be made.
It is intended to fund this cost from the proposed earmarked reserve of £1m for AHWB to meet cost pressures in adult social care.
However this earmarked reserve for 2022/2023 will only be approved as part of the Council’s final accounts process for 2021/2022.
Therefore, if not approved the £56k cost of this decision will be managed as part of the overall care ladder spend in 2022/2023.