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7.1

The
System Discharge Lead introduced the report which outlined the
overarching Adult Health and Social Care vision is for every Adult
in Sheffield to be able to age well and live the life they want to
live, with choice and control over the decisions that affect
them.
 
The
purpose of the report was to update the committee on the
operational progress that has been made in delivering the hospital
discharge and avoidable admission paper that was agreed by this
Committee on the 31st of January 2024.
 

7.2

RESOLVED
UNANIMOUSLY: That
the Adult Health and Social Care Policy
Committee:-

1.    
Notes the current performance in relation to
discharge and progress in delivering phase one of the hospital
discharge and urgent care delivery plan.

2.    
Agrees a 6-month extension to the Somewhere to
Assess Temporary Care Home Beds.

3.    
Requests that the Strategic Director of Adult Care
and Wellbeing provides the Committee with update on progress
against the delivery plan in six months

7.3

Reasons for
Decision

7.3.1

As a
partnership between agencies in Sheffield, we have made a
commitment to admission avoidance and the development of a new
operating model which focuses on building a partnership between
primary and social care will aim in longer term to impact on
admission avoidance.

7.3.2

The new
discharge model aims to embed an approach where people discharged
from an acute hospital bed are assessed at home or in another
appropriate community setting where assessments about what care
they need can take place. This approach is critical if we are to
improve individuals and families experience of discharge, optimise
individuals’ wellbeing outcomes, maximise our workforce
capacity and effectiveness and reduce avoidable demand.
 

7.3.3

The
extension to the Short-Term Beds Contract by 6 months will enable
the review of commissioned beds to be undertaken, a model proposed
for Committee subsequent approval and retender completed.

7.4

Alternatives Considered and
Rejected

7.4.1

Not
Providing an Extension – Not providing an extension to the
Somewhere to Assess Short Term beds whilst work is underway to
deliver future proposals may mean that, sufficiency is not
available for discharge post September 2024.