Range and Capacity Review Group
Introduction
The Range and Capacity Review Group was established following the publication of the Delayed Discharge Action Plan in March 2002 which highlighted the need to carry out a range and capacity review of community care services for older people over the next five, 10 and 15 years.
First Report
The Group published its first report Projections of Community Care Service Users, Workforce and Costs in July 2004. The Report contains projections of the numbers of community care service users, along with associated workforce and costs, at a national level up to 2019 using a baseline model against 7 different scenarios.
The report showed that on a Joint Future model of service delivery (scenario 7) projected costs would rise from £1.4bn in 2004 to £2.4bn in 2019. It concluded that further work was required to look specifically at the future provision of care services for older people to meet future needs and also to investigate different models of care.
Second Report
The Group published its second, and final, report The Future Care of Older People in Scotland on May 3, 2006. It sets the context for care and makes recommendations about the way forward. It considers evidence about the future health of older people and its implications for the provision of care services.
The report has a lot of practical information that will be useful in planning services, notably on age-specific levels of health and dependency of older people (chapter 4), a whole systems approach (chapter 6) and robust joint capacity planning (chapter 8). It draws many threads together in a way that will be of practical use to planners, commissioners and providers of services in local authorities, health boards and the independent private sectors.
The report sets out a vision for care for the increasing ageing population in years to come. It highlights the need for more innovative ways of delivering services, more flexible step-up and step-down facilities, rehabilitation and intermediate care; better use of ordinary things like equipment and adaptations (which are often forgotten); as well as use of telecare.
Membership of Group
The Group included representatives from CoSLA, the Care Commission, local authorities, the NHS, Community Care Providers Scotland, Communities Scotland, the Dementia Services Development Centre, the Scottish Federation of Housing Association and the Scottish Executive.
Minutes of Meetings