Respite
The Respite Service has 2 main functions
- to provide carers with the opportunity for a planned break from their caring role and emergency breaks, which meet the family need
- to provide service users with health and socially focused care to meet individual needs
The service is provided across 5 sites and supports approximately 155 service users and their families.
Longley Meadows
9 beds (level access) with 24 hour qualified nurse cover in the grounds of the Northern General Hospital. Provides short breaks for people with profound and complex health needs.
279 Rutland Road
3 bed unit in the north of the city that provides short breaks for people with profound and complex health needs.
275A Rutland Road
5 bed unit in the north of the city that provides short breaks for people with social needs.
136A Warminster Road
3 bed unit in the south of the city that provides short breaks for people with complex health needs.
136D Warminster Road
2 bed unit in the south of the city that provides short breaks for people with social needs.
Changes to Short Break (respite) services
Changes to the way that the government funds services means that from April 2010 all of the short breaks services will be funded by the local authority (this is known as the transfer of funding responsibility). The exception to this will be Longley Meadows which will continue to be jointly funded by health (the PCT) and the council.
This will mean some changes to short break services. To find out more about the changes, please download the document at the bottom of the page.
