Proposals for the future of a council-run residential care home will be scrutinised as part of plans to develop long-term sustainable adult social care in West Sussex.
The county council is proposing to stop providing services at New Tyne care home in Worthing and support existing residents into alternative care and staff into alternative employment.
The home is managed directly by West Sussex County Council and currently supports thirteen older people with dementia.
The safety and wellbeing of residents remain the council’s priority, as underpinned by Our Council Plan, and we are communicating with staff and residents’ families and advocates, to ensure they receive the support they need throughout the process.
The proposal is based on a comprehensive review of the viability of the council continuing to run services at the home. It found the costs outweigh those of commissioning care from larger providers, and that there are enough places nearby to meet current and future needs.
Full details are published today in a report to be discussed at a meeting of the council’s Health and Adult Social Care Scrutiny Committee on Wednesday 17 September.
Members of the public can read the report papers and watch or attend the scrutiny committee meeting in person. Full details are available on the council’s website.
The proposal forms part of the council’s work delivering our Adult Social Care Strategy alongside our commitment to ensuring we continue to provide sustainable services to meet the increasing need, and increasingly complex needs, of our communities both now and in the future.
The final decision will be taken by the council’s Cabinet Member for Adults’ Services, Councillor Amanda Jupp, and will be subject to the regular call-in period. Further details will be published shortly.