Issue - meetings

To consider a report on Learning Disability Respite Care.

The Committee received an update on the consultation by CWP on the eligibility for and process of assessment and allocation of Learning Disability respite care in Cheshire and the proposal to close the Primrose Avenue unit in Haslington and operate an improved single service for central Cheshire at Crook Lane, Winsford.  CWP had established a Task and Finish Group who had looked at eligibility criteria and the process and allocation of health respite and suggested that the low indication of need did not suggest a shortfall of provision if Primrose Avenue were to close.  There was sufficient capacity at Crook Lane to meet the current level of allocation for both units.  As part of the consultation CWP had held discussions with current users of Primrose Avenue and their families to consider all the potential impacts of moving to Crook Lane.

RESOLVED:  That the report be received and the proposed closure of the unit at Primrose Avenue be supported.