Issue - meetings

Report of the Assistant Director, Adult Social Care

The Committee considered the report of the Assistant Director, Adult Social Care  which provided an overview of the Better at Home programme of work to improve hospital discharge and support more Sefton residents to go home from hospital with the correct level of support. 

The Committee received a presentation which outlined the following:

·       Strategic drivers and enablers of the Better at Home Programme

·       The pathway between Urgent Care and Hospitals to the patient’s home.

·       Phases of the Better at Home Programme

Members of the Committee asked questions/commented on the following issues:

·       If there was a Care Transfer Hub already at the Aintree Hospital site, and if not, was one planned to be introduced.

·       If the Better at Home Programme would continue if it was successful

·       Th practical support such as therapists and if there was a Therapy Lead for the Programme

·       The expectations for the long-term agenda and anticipated improvements provided by the Programme.

·       The economic modelling done on the impact of the Programme.

·       If the staff working on the Programme had the buildings they needed to work from.

·       Feedback from the staff working on the Programme

·       The areas of staffing that were proving difficult to recruit to.

RESOLVED: That

(1)            the integrated approach across Adult Social Care and Health be noted; and

(2)           the improvements made to date and future planned changes be noted.