Issue - meetings

NHS England Capital Grant to Facilitate Hospital Discharge

Meeting: 23/02/2021 - Cabinet (Item 105)

NHS England Capital Grant to Facilitate Hospital Discharge

Report of the Strategic Director Housing, Environment and Healthy Communities

 

Minutes:

Consideration has been given to the acceptance of NHS grant funding to enable the purchase and adaptation of a residential property to support a hospital discharge.

 

 

 

RESOLVED -

(i)

That the acceptance of the grant from NHS England to facilitate the purchase and adaptation of the property as set out in the report be approved.

 

 

 

 

(ii)

That the Strategic Director, Corporate Services and Governance be authorised to undertake any final negotiation and approval of the final terms and conditions of the grant funding agreement.

 

 

 

The above decisions have been made for the following reasons:

 

 

 

 

(A)

To enable the Council to provide a statutory duty of care for residents in need of support. 

 

 

 

 

(B)

To support the delivery of an accessible and adaptable home.

 

 

 

 

(C)

To deliver the objectives of the Housing Strategy 2019-30, including to improve the quality, condition and management of housing so that all residents benefit from safe, healthy, energy efficient and well-managed homes and neighbourhoods, to meet identified housing need and supported housing requirements in Gateshead.