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CAMPUS NORTHUMBERLAND

This document details the ongoing concerns about individuals with learning disabilities (LD) living in inappropriate accommodations within NHS residential campuses. Highlighting the need for change since the 'Valuing People' report in 2001, it calls for the transition of residents to more suitable living conditions. The report emphasizes that NHS residential campuses should close by 2010, advocating for better rights and independence for these individuals. It also includes definitions of campus services and recent progress in addressing this issue through capital funding and collaboration among health trusts.

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CAMPUS NORTHUMBERLAND

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  1. CAMPUS NORTHUMBERLAND

  2. BACKGROUND • Dec 06 DOH letter to Chief Executive NHS North East - People with LD still inappropriately accommodated in the NHS - ‘ Valuing People’ 2001 - People living in Residential NHS campuses should have the chance to move - Our Health, Our Care , Our Say- NHS Residential Campuses should close by 2010

  3. DEFINITION OF CAMPUS - DOH A service that is: • NHS provided long-term care in conjunction with NHS ownership/management of housing (residents do not have an independent landlord and housing rights) • Commissioned by the NHS • Includes people who have been in assessment and treatment beds more than one year who are not compulsorily detained or undergoing a recognised and validated treatment programme • People living in such accommodation are technically and legally NHS patients

  4. DEFINITION CONTINUED The following cases would not be enough on their own to exclude services from reprovision: • The properties being small houses in a dispersed setting • An NHS discharge process having being followed

  5. PROGRESS TO DATE • Northumberland Care Trust, VPST, and NTW agree and validate numbers in NTW • NTW – December 07 – Return to Department of Health

  6. RETURN TO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH – DECEMBER 07 • NTW Campus People 33 (30 from our region) - 4 people from Northumberland

  7. WHERE WERE THE NORTHUMBERLAND CAMPUS PEOPLE?AT TIME OF DECEMBER 07 RETURN • Bungalows – Northgate Hospital - 2 • Autism Service – Northgate Hospital - 1 • Forensic Rehabilitation – Northgate Hospital - 1

  8. CURRENT POSITION AT 30TH APRIL 2007 • 3 PEOPLE FROM NORTHUMBERLAND 1 Bungalows - Northgate Hospital 1 Autism - Northgate Hospital 1 Forensic Rehabilitation - Northgate Hospital

  9. CAPITAL FUNDING Commissioners have been invited to bid for capital funding to support the discharge of these Campus people.

  10. Discussion and Questions

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