Agenda item

BROMLEY HEALTH AND WELLBEING CENTRE PROJECT: UPDATE AND PROGRESS REPORT (CCG)

Minutes:

The Sub-Committee considered a report providing an update on developments in the planning and approval of the Bromley Health and Wellbeing Centre project from Mark Cheung, Programme Director: Integrated Care Services and Phil Chubb, Project Leader, Bromley Clinical Commissioning Group.

 

The establishment of a third Health Centre within the Borough to complement the Beckenham Beacon and the Orpington Health and Wellbeing Centre was one of the key proposals of the ‘Bromley Out of Hospital Transformation Strategy’, which had been developed jointly by the Bromley Clinical Commissioning Group and the Local Authority.  It was planned that the Bromley Health and Wellbeing Centre would be one of the three ‘hubs’ underpinning the new Integrated Care Networks and would play a key role in providing coordinated care to approximately 100,000 people via integrated services.  It would also offer significant primary care services for Bromley residents, including a Primary Care Access Hub and the relocation of the Dysart Medical Practice which would be able to expand to offer primary healthcare to additional patients.  The Health and Wellbeing Centre would be designed with a flexible layout which could respond to changing needs over time, and more specialist health services such as endoscopy could be delivered where there was an identified need.

 

Funding had been secured from the NHS Executive’s Estates and Technology Transformation Fund in October 2016 to develop the project, following which the Strategic Outline Case and Project Initiation Document had been approved.  The Post-PID Full Options Appraisal which identified potential sites for the scheme had been approved by the NHS Executive in October 2017, and following a detailed evaluation of a number of site options by the Multi-Disciplinary Evaluation Panel which included Local Authority representation, 32 Masons Hill, Bromley had been identified as the preferred site.  The Outline Business Case was being prepared and would be submitted to the NHS Executive for approval in November 2018, and work was ongoing to develop a comprehensive community engagement plan.  The project was being steered by a Multi-Disciplinary Project Board which had established a Sub-Committee to support effective coordination of the overall site redevelopment and included representation by all key stakeholders. 

 

In considering the update, the Chairman highlighted that there was a need to secure planning permission for the proposed development, and the Programme Director: Integrated Care Services reported that the scheme had been referred to the Greater London Authority Planners with a review meeting scheduled for 7th November 2018.  In response to a question from a Member, the Programme Director: Integrated Care Services explained that £3M funding had been secured for the Bromley Health and Wellbeing Centre against an estimated total capital cost of £13M.  A bid had been put in to the NHS for the outstanding balance of the project which was ranked as the top priority NHS scheme in South East London.  Should this not be successful, a number of other options were being explored including seeking investment from key partners including the Local Authority. 

 

A Member underlined the need for contingency planning to ensure that the Bertha James Day Centre could continue to provide vital care and support for elderly Bromley residents.  The Project Leader confirmed that the provision of a purpose-built replacement of the Bertha James Day Centre was central to the proposed development.  It was possible that the Bertha James Day Centre could continue to operate on its existing site for the duration of the building works; however it might be more appropriate to relocate the day centre during this period and work was underway to identify a suitable alternate site.  The target date for the opening of the Bromley Health and Wellbeing Centre was early 2021.

 

RESOLVED that the report noted and that a further report be submitted in due course.

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