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Child Development Centre (CDC)

 

 

Meeting: 02/08/2011 - Cabinet (Item 6)

6 Proposal to Move the CDC to Temple Site pdf icon PDF 149 KB

Minutes:

Background:

 

This report provided details of a proposal to locate the Child Development Services (CDC) for disabled children on part of the Temple site, Strood. The report set out the history of the service following its emergency relocation to a number of community locations  across Medway in January 2009. It was noted that the NHS Medway Board (PCT) had considered a number of possible sites as potential locations including the former Temple School site, Strood, Canada House, Gillingham and Lordswood Healthy Living Centre, Chatham. Each of the locations were independently evaluated by Medway Community Estates and the NHS Medway Board agreed that the Temple site was the most realistic site to develop an integrated centre for disabled children.

 

The report provided the key findings from the feasibility study for the Temple site together with the risk management implications.

 

An exempt appendix set out the detailed financial implications and the Child Development Service feasibility study undertaken by Medway Community Estates.

 

Decision number:

 

Decision:

91/2011

The Cabinet noted the PCT’s feasibility study for the Child Development Service (CDC) and the supporting information from users, carers and Medway Foundation Trust.

92/2011

The Cabinet agreed to authorise the Assistant Director of Housing and Corporate Services, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Finance, to enter into negotiations with Medway NHS for a lease of part of the Temple School Block 3 and ancillary buildings for the provision of the Child Development Service, and to grant such lease subject to suitable terms being agreed.

 

Reasons:

 

There are considerable long-term benefits to disabled children in Medway in having an integrated Child Development Service (CDC) service on one site. There is no initial capital investment required by the council to release the property to Medway PCT. Leasing part of the site to the CDC does not limit the other options to use the rest of the site. Leasing part of the site to the CDC will provide an annual rental income to the council, which can be used to offset some of the current costs of maintaining the retained element of the site.