As Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Health, I agree:
i) to close the Dorothy Lucy Centre, Maidstone;
ii) to re-provide elderly frail services (currently provided by the Dorothy Lucy Centre) through existing external provision;
iii) to re-provide dementia day services (currently provided by the Dorothy Lucy Centre) through a block contract;
iv) to re-provide the short term beds (currently provided by the Dorothy Lucy Centre) in the independent sector;
v) that Dorothy Lucy Centre day provision continues to operate as is until at least March 2017, to allow time to complete a procurement exercise for a block contract and implement a transition plan;
vi) that existing services will not close until alternative provision is available for the current service users;
vii) to give consideration to leasing the Dorothy Lucy Centre day centre part of the building to an external provider as an interim measure if they are unable to secure a suitable venue within the procurement timetable, with the understanding that they identify an alternate venue within a given timeframe;
viii) to delegate authority to the Corporate Director of Social Care, Health and Wellbeing, or other nominated officer, to undertake the necessary actions to implement this decision.