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Infrastructure Delivery Plan (Feb 2013) - Runnymede Borough Council

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• Services which enhance the management of people with long term health<br />

conditions within the community with a view to reducing or delaying hospital<br />

admissions, as well as supporting their carers 33<br />

• In <strong>Runnymede</strong> specifically, the JSNA 2011/2012 adult social care<br />

commissioning profile for <strong>Runnymede</strong> states that the areas for development<br />

are:<br />

• to increase the numbers of people who can be supported in the community<br />

through the use of assistive technology<br />

• to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions, and once fit for discharge, to<br />

ensure there is excellent support in the community to enable people to return<br />

home speedily, confidently, and to maximise independence<br />

• to ensure that domiciliary care services, residential and nursing care services<br />

focus on re-ablement and maintaining independence<br />

• to continue to commission local preventative support services that allow<br />

people to remain living in their own homes for as long as possible<br />

• to commission care services that can respond quickly, that can be contacted<br />

from 8am-8pm and at weekends, to respond to need, which avoid<br />

unnecessary delay in service delivery<br />

• deregistration of residential services to supported living for people with<br />

learning disabilities.<br />

7.51 In addition, the Adult Social Care Commissioning Strategy for older people in Surrey<br />

(2011 – 2020) aims to enhance the development of telecare and telehealth services.<br />

Telecare is one of the fundamental planks of supporting older people with dementia to<br />

live safely in their own home.<br />

7.52 The Adult Social Care Commissioning Strategy for older people in Surrey 2011 – 2020<br />

reported that in 2010/11, a 9.7% reduction in residential and nursing home care<br />

placement activity was seen. It is considered that this reduction correlates with the shift<br />

in resources away from residential care into community and reablement opportunities.<br />

Given the Government’s commitment to investing in community preventative services,<br />

this trend is expected to continue.<br />

7.53 Within <strong>Runnymede</strong>, there are two extant planning approvals which are considered to<br />

be worthy of mention. The first is the redevelopment of Queen Elizabeth House in<br />

Englefield Green which will provide a 65 bedroom nursing and care home. The second<br />

approval relates to the former Brunel University, <strong>Runnymede</strong> campus site which will<br />

provide 59 units of extra care accommodation.<br />

7.54 In addition, residents at the independent retirement living scheme at Beomonds, Heriot<br />

Road, Chertsey are currently being decanted to allow for the refurbishment of the main<br />

building. The 31 units within the main building will be reduced to 17 or 18 units of<br />

improved accommodation. The works are set to commence in March <strong>2013</strong> and take<br />

approximately 12 months to complete before the building can be re opened. Talks are<br />

currently underway between Surrey County <strong>Council</strong> and <strong>Runnymede</strong> <strong>Borough</strong> <strong>Council</strong><br />

to explore the possibility of providing extra care facilities at the refurbished Beomonds<br />

and at Floral House in Chertsey. The idea is that Floral House would house the care<br />

team required to provide the extra care and Beomonds would be a ‘satellite’ facility<br />

which would also benefit from the extra care packages offered.<br />

33<br />

NHS Surrey One <strong>Plan</strong>, March 2012<br />

Page | 87<br />

<strong>Runnymede</strong> IDP DRAFT – <strong>Feb</strong>ruary <strong>2013</strong>

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