Decision details

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Adult Care proposing to extend the hours of operation of the Learning Disability Respite Service at Kentish Road.

Having considered the reasons in the report, Cabinet agreed the following:

To agree to extend hours of operation to seven days a week.

1.  The recommendation is an open one which recognises the complexities of the issue, predicted capacity in the city and wider market and the financial business case. Full reopening would appear to meet the preferences of carers and individuals living with a learning disability who would prefer their assessed needs for replacement care to be met at Kentish Road.

2.  Full reopening would offer additional choice for learning disability replacement care in Southampton and complement the future vision for the redevelopment and wider use of the Kentish Road site, which is being developed with carers and other stakeholders and for which Cabinet approval will be sought in due course.

Not applicable.