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Hospital to Home Pilot Project

Meeting: 03/04/2014 - Cabinet (Item 142)

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(Report of the Portfolio Holder for Public Housing and Vulnerable People)

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The Report of the Portfolio Holder for Public Housing and Vulnerable People to update Cabinet regarding the approach that has been developed to prevent delayed discharge from hospital that is related to housing issues.  To seek Cabinet approval to further develop this approach in partnership with the South East Staffordshire and Seisdon Peninsular Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and other partnership organisations for a six month period was considered.

 

RESOLVED:

 

That Cabinet:

 

1.

Cabinet agreed to the further development of the ‘Hospital to Home’ project in order that a full assessment can be made as to its effectiveness, value for  money and future potential to facilitate effective partnership working between housing, social care and health, and;

 

 

2.

Approved to seek a waiver to financial regulations to deploy £25K of Homelessness Prevention Funding in order to continue joint working arrangements for the duration of the 6 month pilot of the ‘Hospital to Home’ project. 

 

 

 

(Moved by Councillor M Greatorex seconded by Councillor J Oates)