Issue - meetings

The Joint Executive Director of Strategic Commissioning, Bury Council & NHS Bury CCG presented a report regarding the updated arrangement to maintain sufficient designated COVID beds in the Bury system. Members discussed the report, noting that although agency staff was used for the ‘hot’ site resulting in higher staffing costs, uniting with Rochdale mitigated this significantly.

The Strategic Commissioning Board:

1.   Approved retrospectively the commissioning of designated units for COVID positive patients at Millfield House in line with the request from the DHSC, with awareness of the financial risk resulting from the misaligned national funding guidance.

2.   Agreed to continue to support the responsive rapid commissioning of additional capacity in forthcoming months should it be required. This will take the form of additional designated care home beds and home care, accepting a paper will be presented for retrospective approval and members of Bury Council and Bury Clinical Commissioning Group briefed beforehand.