Decision details

Badgers Wood Surrey County Council Residential home

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

To approve the future plan for Badgers Wood residential care home

Decision:

 

That Badgers Wood residential care home closes and the residents are supported to move to appropriate alternatives.

 

Reasons for decisions:

 

As previously reported to Cabinet, Badgers Wood residential care home has a number of issues related to the physical structure of the property, a high and increasing vacancy rate, no new referrals to the home for at least 5 years combined with changes in service users’ expectations.

 

During the consultation no objections to the preferred option of closing Badgers Wood residential home were raised.

 

[The decisions on this item can be called in by the Adult Social Care Select Committee]

 

Publication date: 24/09/2014

Date of decision: 23/09/2014

Decided at meeting: 23/09/2014 - Cabinet

Effective from: 02/10/2014

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