To decide on the most appropriate method of providing the services currently offered at St Kilda in Brixham in the immediate future pending a wider configuration of health and care in Torbay

To agree the proposals received from Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust (Trust) in respect of St Kilda – namely to relocate the services within and close the facility St Kilda, Drew Street, Brixham.

To relocate the existing services and close the St Kilda’s building which no longer fit the purposes of Social Care.

The board report presented to the Board of Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust (Trust) is appended to this report, which sets out details of the rationale for this decision.

See board reports.

This decision will come into force and may be implemented on Monday, 20 June 2016 unless the call-in procedure is triggered (as set out in Standing Orders in relation to Overview and Scrutiny).

The Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust were recommended the following in the Trust Board papers of 6 April 2016:

The Trust Board is asked to approve the following recommendations:

•                  that the previously proposed new build St Kilda on the Brixham Community Hospital site does not proceed and instead the Board accepts the revised proposal as presented as the preferred solution; (Decision Required)

•                  that the team undertakes more formal engagement with current service users and with stakeholders in Brixham (League of Friends, Brixham Does Care and the Town Council) with respect to these proposals; (Completed)

•                  that the ICO work’s in partnership with SCCT to find alternative services for its clients and employment for SCCT staff within the local NHS - the ICO and SCCT will develop a detailed operational plan and agree the sequence of changes required; and (Decision required)

•                  the output of the engagement will be detailed into a report and a recommendation made to the Director of Adult Social Care at Torbay Council at the earliest opportunity for a final decision (likely early May 2016). (Completed)

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