Update on Specialist Residential Provision at Furlong Close, Rowde
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Wiltshire Council has recently discussed the future of Furlong Close at a cabinet meeting on 21st June 2022.
Specialised Supported Housing (SSH) will be buying the land and buildings from HFT, which currently own the site at Rowde.
SSH in partnership with the Rowde Friends and Families group, have selected Inclusion Housing, which is a not for profit housing association, to lease the site and manage the accommodation.
Inclusion Housing will work in partnership with Agincare Enable who will provide the care at the site. Agincare Enable has submitted an application to the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to register the service as Supported Living.
All parties are working to a transfer date this summer and this will be subject to Care Quality Commission (CQC) agreement of the new registration as Supported Living.
The council currently holds a covenant on the Hft-owned site which restricts its use to residential care only (this is known as C2 use). In order to deliver supported living on site, the covenant needs to allow C3b use. Cabinet members were asked to agree for a variation to the covenant to be put in place at the meeting.
Once registered with CQC, the care will be provided by Agincare Enable on the site and will move from residential to supported living. This means residents will be able to continue living at Furlong Close and receive care according to their needs but they will be tenants on the site with associated rights.
HFT's staff currently provide care for all residents there, and HFT has informed staff and family and friends of residents of the changes.
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