In February 2024 as part of the councils
setting process the councils community intermediate care beds were
consolidated from 60 to 49 to deliver a saving. This involved
reducing the number of beds but also converting some posts from
agency to permanent. This paper represents this phase of that
proposal and sees 5 permanent posts created within the choices for
living well service. This is being made now the beds have been
closed and all the users being supported by those beds
discharged.