Decision details

**Care Hotel

Decision Maker: Officer Delegated Decision

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

Decision

Best Western Hotel in Weymouth and Best Western in Sherborne agreed for use as temporary care facilities for 3 months

 

The delegation for this decision is detailed within the Scheme of Delegation in the Council’s Constitution

 

Reason for Decision

The temporary arrangements enable hospital discharge of people who no longer have a medical need to be in hospital but need additional support to return home or to a longer term setting.

 

Alternative options considered and rejected

Alternative option would have resulted in increased capacity in hospitals and limiting the response to the virus across the system.

 

Decision:

Officer Delegated Decision

 

Date: 30 March 2020

Decision:

 

Best Western Hotel in Weymouth and Best Western in Sherborne agreed for use as temporary care facilities for 3 months

 

The delegation for this decision is detailed within the Scheme of Delegation in the Council’s Constitution

 

 

Key Decision:

Yes

Reason(s) for Decisions:

 

The temporary arrangements enable hospital discharge of people who no longer have a medical need to be in hospital but need additional support to return home or to a longer term setting.

 

 

Decision Maker (Name and Title):

 

Property Cell and Vivienne Broadhurst, Executive Director for Adults

 

Alternative options considered and rejected:

 

Alternative option would have resulted in increased capacity in hospitals and limiting the response to the virus across the system.

 

 

Any conflict of interest declared by any member consulted:

 

None

 

Any dispensation granted in respect of any declared conflict of interest:

 

None

 

 

 

Publication date: 29/05/2020

Date of decision: 30/03/2020