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EAST SUSSEX
COUNTY COUNCIL
ADULT SOCIAL CARE
DIRECTLY PROVIDED SERVICES
PHASE 4 -
REVIEW OF FIRWOOD HOUSE, BRASSEY AVENUE,
EASTBOURNE AND ST ANTHONY'S COURT, SEASIDE,
EASTBOURNE
"On 15 November 2006, the
County Council Cabinet commissioned a
comprehensive review of the Department’s
Directly Provided Services (DPS). The DPS review
will look at all services provided for older
people and these include residential and
intermediate care, day services and home-care.
"The 4th phase of the
review includes Firwood House and St. Anthony’s
Court and my purpose in writing to you today is
to let you know how this review is to be
conducted and how, if you wish, you may make
your views known.
"In reviewing the current
and future services at Firwood House and St.
Anthony’s Court we are consulting a wide range
of interested parties. As well as taking into
account the views of service users, relatives or
representatives, staff and others interested in
the services provided, the review will take into
account the following:
i)
value for money when compared to similar
services in the independent sector
ii)
greater focus on preventative services
and the wellbeing agenda
iii) looking
at current and future care needs taking into
account an increase in an older population
over the next 10/20 years
iv) any
relevant government legislation or guidance,
for example the Green Paper “Independence,
Well-being and Choice (2005)”, the White
Paper “Our health, our care, our say: a new
direction for community services” in 2006
and recent publication “Putting People
First” Concordat.
"Should you wish to comment
on the future of these services, please write to
me at the address above by 29 April 2008 or
alternatively you can telephone in your comments
on 01424 427934 or e-mail me at
mike.cornish@eastsussex.gov.uk.
"If you register an
interest, I will write to you again in May with
a copy of our Interim report, whereby you will
have the opportunity to comment on our findings
and proposals before the recommendations go to
the County Council’s Cabinet meeting on 29 July
2008.
"Yours sincerely,
"Mike Cornish
Project Director (DPS
Review)
Pinehill
185, The Ridge
Hastings, East Sussex
TN34 2AE
18 March 2008"
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EASTBOURNE BOROUGH COUNCIL (EBC)
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Eastbourne Borough Council Local Development
Framework Core Strategy Preferred Options
Consultation
The Council consulted
until 16 February 2007 on the Report. "The report presents
the spatial vision and objectives for the future growth and
development of the Borough until 2026. It lists all the
options considered for achieving that vision and presents
the Council's preferred options for managing change and
development in the Borough". (14
December 2006)
- Older people [in Eastbourne] to benefit from
[East Sussex] healthy homes project (1 December 2006): "East Sussex Downs and
Weald Primary Care Trust and Eastbourne Borough Council have
teamed up with an established charity, the Energy Centre for
Sustainable Communities (ECSC), for the East Sussex Healthy
Homes project to tackle fuel poverty." |
EASTBOURNE
SENIORS FORUM
- new Seniors' Forum in Eastbourne (quoted, with permission, from
the Sovereign Harbour Residents' Association
website, 13 January 2008):
In spite of really bad weather last Friday there
was a large turnout of interested local
residents to the Underground Theatre for the
first public meeting of the newly formed
Eastbourne Seniors' Forum..
The meeting was the first opportunity for
residents to hear about the vision and purpose
of the Forum which is now part of a network of
senior forums set up across the county,
specifically to enable over 50s to have a
collective voice over issues and decision which
impact their every day lives.
Eastbourne has been up to now one of the few
major towns in East Sussex without a Forum, but
from the response at the meeting from many
people offering practical support and help, a
Chairman was appointed and a Steering Committee
is being set up.
Terri Ferrari the co-ordinator introduced
various speakers who explained the concept and
working of Seniors Forums from different
national and local perspectives.
They included Nigel Waterson MP, Vicky Smith
East Sussex County Councils Older Peoples
Involvement Manager, Richard Drinkall CEO Age
Concern Eastbourne and John Appleyard Chairman
of Hastings and Bexhill Seniors Forum.
The meeting was well supported by
representatives and counsellors from the borough
and the county as well as voluntary
organisations and others with interests in
seniors and their significance in the community.
Local resident Steve Thornett was elected as
Chairman of the Steering Committee, and harbour
residents Carole Penney and Ian Weeks were
amongst the group of Eastbourne seniors who will
form the committee. Steve explained details of
how the Forum will operate, and chaired a lively
question and answer session which followed.
Steve said:."This was a really good first
meeting, over 60 people came, all with different
ideas for how we could make the forum really
relevant. It was a very good natured debate -
and I look forwards to watching the Forum
develop."
The Seniors Forum membership is entirely free
and open to all local residents.
Membership is free to any Eastbourne resident
aged over 50 years, regardless of background,
race or belief, of age.
Click here for more information
You can also
download an application form
that can
be completed online and either e-mailed of
posted.
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The formal launch of the Seniors' Forum will be
on 14 April 2008:
CLICK HERE
for information.
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EAST SUSSEX DOWNS AND WEALD PRIMARY CARE
TRUST (ESDWPCT)
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Joint
Commissioning Strategy for Older People (ESCC with ESDWPCT
and the
Hastings & Rother PCT, ESCC Cabinet 1 May 2007, Item 8) -
a 26pp. summary of the 149pp document not yet available
on the WWW - for the PCTs
Fit for the Future website, CLICK
HERE.
- Older people [in Eastbourne] to benefit from
[East Sussex] healthy homes project
(1 December 2006): "East Sussex Downs and Weald Primary
Care Trust and Eastbourne Borough Council have teamed up
with an established charity, the Energy Centre for
Sustainable Communities (ECSC), for the East Sussex Healthy
Homes project to tackle fuel poverty."
- East
Sussex Downs & Weald PCT annual health check
ratings (Healthcare Commission, 12 October
2006)
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Eastbourne Downs PCT annual health check
ratings
(Healthcare Commission, 12 October 2006)
- East Sussex Downs & Weald PCT and Hastings
& Rother PCT Chief Executive designate Nick Yeo
appointed (10 August 2006) |
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EAST SUSSEX HOSPITALS NHS TRUST
-
closure of
Hailsham 2 ward at Eastbourne
District & General Hospital
- correspondence
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Public consultation on NHS Foundation Trust status
(9 July 2007) -
The consultation document
- annual health check (Healthcare Commission, 12 October
2006)
- Quality of services
- Use of resources |
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MERIDIAN
MATURE CITIZENS FORUM
with the UNIVERSITY OF
BRIGHTON & UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX
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Growing
older, being heard: mature citizens,
consultation and participation
- draft findings report
(January 2008) -
"This report presents draft
findings of a research project undertaken with
mature citizens in the 'Meridian' area, of
Newhaven, Peacehaven, Telscombe Cliffs, East
Saltdean and rural parishes between Newhaven and
Lewes."
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EAST
SUSSEX HOSPITALS TRUST
CLOSURE OF HAILSHAM 2 WARD [updated 20
August 2007]
Dr
Arnold Goldman, Chairman of the Eastbourne Forum for
Older People, to Ms Lisa Hodgson, Chief Executive,
ESHT (3 August 2007)
Dear
Ms Hodgson,
Can you clarify for me the position of the Hailsham
2 rehabilitation ward at EDGH? I understand that the
Clinical Management Board was due to discuss the
possible closure of the ward at its meeting on
Friday 10 August.
Can you inform me what decision
was taken?
I
understand that there are patients currently in
Hailsham 2 who believe, and are telling their
visitors, that it is closing "immediately". Are they
correct or is this perhaps only rumour? If the
latter, can something be done as soon as possible to
put forward a correct understanding?
Can
you also tell me what consultation is proceeding
with East Sussex County Council Adult Social Care in
respect of rehabilitation places wherever sited? I
note ESCC ASC is currently consulting on the future
of Gilda Crescent, Polegate, one of the options
being closure?
My correspondents - from the Eastbourne
Forum for Older People
- are asking what types of
rehab have been available in Hailsham 2 and how many
patients have been treated with them, and if there
are reductions in the range of treatments and
numbers treated in Hailsham 2, where else are they
going to be provided, and will the range and level
of provision be maintained.
Yours
sincerely, etc.
Mr Graham Griffiths, ESHT Director of
Operations (Emergency) to Dr Arnold Goldman,
20 August 2007
Dear Dr Goldman
In replying to your queries could I first give you the
executive summary to help you understand the
rationale behind the reprovision of rehabilitation
and then I will answer your questions.
Relocation of Rehabilitation to Polegate Ward and
the closure of Hailsham 2 Ward
The Medical Directorate proposes to close medical
beds within the Directorate due to a reduced need
for capacity at Eastbourne District General
Hospital (EDGH) and to meet its financial targets.
To enable the closure of medical beds the Medical Directorate
needs to be reorganising the medical bed capacity
by opening a medical day unit. This would provide
the Medical
Directorate with a direct entry point into the
hospital for patients requiring elective
procedures, investigations and treatments who in the past would have been admitted to a hospital bed.
With this new development along with our continuing success in reducing
the length of stay patients spend in hospital, the
reduction in the number of medical outliers and
the continuing reduction in the levels of delayed
transfers of care means that the medical
directorate no longer requires the same number of
beds to provide the same level of care.
There have been a number of options developed and examined
regarding a reduction in bed capacity within the
hospital and the option that delivers the required
savings and enables the least disruption to
patients, staff and services is the reprovision of
the rehabilitation service, currently provided on
Hailsham 2 Ward, to Polegate Ward.
To enable this to occur there needs to be a plan
to reduce beds gradually ensuring that patients
have minimal disruption and are relocated to the
most appropriate environment.
This plan incorporates the internal consultation process for relocation
of all nursing, clerical and housekeeping staff
presently working on Hailsham Ward.
The Therapy service would also need to be
transferred to Polegate Ward to ensure that
rehabilitation continues for the Hailsham 2 client
group. This will have the added benefit of ensuring
therapy input to the patient on Polegate Ward.
Your specific questions :
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Can you clarify for me the position of the
Hailsham 2 rehabilitation ward at EDGH? I
understand that the Clinical Management Board was
due to discuss the possible closure of the ward at
its meeting on Friday 10 August. Can you inform
me what decision was taken?
Reprovision was approved, although the impact on patients and other
services will be reviewed before final closure
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I
understand that there are patients currently in
Hailsham 2 who believe, and are telling their
visitors, that it is closing "immediately". Are
they correct or is this perhaps only rumour? If
the latter, can something be done as soon as
possible to put forward a correct understanding?
It is only a rumour – patients will not be affected if possible, as
patients are discharged or transferred, the beds
will be closed behind them. This will be an
incremental process starting from around 17
September and the final bed is not planned to
close until the 5th October. The Matron
will inform the patients and their carers.
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Can you also tell me what consultation is
proceeding with East Sussex County Council Adult
Social Care in respect of rehabilitation places
wherever sited? I note ESCC ASC is currently
consulting on the future of Gilda Crescent,
Polegate, one of the options being closure?
At this moment in time, none. This is a reprovision exercise and
rehabilitation at current levels will be reprovided
on Polegate ward.
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My correspondents - from the Eastbourne
Forum for Older People - are asking what types
of rehab have been available in Hailsham 2 and how
many patients have been treated with them, and if
there are reductions in the range of treatments
and numbers treated in Hailsham 2, where else are
they going to be provided, and will the range and
level of provision be maintained.
It should be noted that not all patients on Hailsham 2 receive rehab.
Figures show that we require an average of 15 beds
for medical rehab patients.
It is planned that there will be a minimum of 15 rehab beds provided by
Polegate Ward which will be sufficient given current
usage. There will be no reduction in therapy range.
I
trust this answers your questions, but please do not
hesitate to contact me if you should require any
further information. I will be happy to meet with
you to go through any of the details should you
wish.
Yours sincerely
(signed)
GRAHAM GRIFFITHS
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS (Emergency)
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