Please note that this consultation is now closed

The findings from this consultation can be found in the Consultation Report presented to Governing Body on 24 May 2018 here. Governing Body approved to progress model 4 of the consultation.

 

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We consulted on changes to children’s NHS short breaks services (also known as respite care) for children with complex health needs.

We wanted to make sure that these NHS–funded short breaks were:

• Fair for families
• Easy to access for families
• Flexible for families

What we wanted to change

We asked for your views about our plans to:

Introduce a single assessment process
We proposed to create a single assessment process for NHS short breaks services that links with Children’s Continuing Care and the city council’s assessment processes for short breaks.

Introduce a new system for allocating short breaks
We proposed to introduce a banding system so that there is a clear and fair approach for allocating short breaks services. This would provide a framework for different levels of care according to the different health needs of each child and the needs of their families or carers.

Change the way short breaks are provided in the future
To make sure families have a more personalised and flexible service, we have looked at a number of different ways we could provide short breaks services. These included:

• Model 1: Continuing with the bed-based and home-based services we have now
• Model 2: All short breaks provided through Personal Health Budgets
• Model 3: Developing a new bed-based service with Sheffield Council
• Model 4: A mixed model with a range of provision including bed-based, home-based and Personal Health Budgets

We assessed these models against a set of important principles for improving short breaks and as a result we have recommended model 4 – but we wanted to hear people's views about this and all the other models, as well as any other questions, concerns or suggestions people had

Consultation document

For more information you can read the consultation document here.

Thank you for sharing your views

It was really important that we heard from people, particularly those who had used the service and who might use the service in the future so that we could make the best, most informed decision.

Thank you to everybody who had their say.

The consultation ran from 14 February - 28 March 2018