Decision details

James Cawley, Service Director, provided an update on the work of the Burnham House Working Group regarding the former residential care home. The Working Group was established following the Area Board meeting held on 19 November 2008. The Working Group had met on three occasions and agreed on 1 December 2009 to support a recommendation that the former Burnham House site should be considered for a new Extra Care development. The next steps would be for Wiltshire Council to consider how best a feasibility study for the site could be developed, which would be likely to take in the region of 6-9 months.

Decision

The Area Board support the recommendation of the Burnham House Working Group to examine the feasibility of developing an Extra Care Housing scheme at the former Burnham House care home site.

Decision

The Area Board would receive an update on the feasibility study to a meeting in September 2010.

Decision

The Area Board thanked all the participants of the Working Group and formally asked the Working Group to continue to meet to progress the feasibility study.

Mr Cawley invited questions from the floor. Continuity in who would be living in the accommodation would be ensured as a person would not be able to buy the freehold of a property, but buy the leasehold, so that accommodation would be retained for people who meet the criteria of the scheme.

The scheme would link with Athelstan House, as the House would deliver care into this facility. This would be a cost effective option for Wiltshire Council and for patients.  

Security was in place to prevent deterioration of the site and awareness of it being empty was being kept low. Mr Cawley would report back to the Area Board options for potential interim use.