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May
Harrogate to get new £15.7 million council care home
A new care home in Harrogate looks set to be built at a cost £15.7 million.
North Yorkshire Council wants to create five 'care and support hubs' across the county as part of a wider £60 million scheme to tackle increased demand in the care sector.
The facilities, which would be owned by the council, will be built at locations where there is most demand, with the first to be opened in the Harrogate and Scarborough areas.
The Harrogate hub is proposed to be located off Ainsty Road, next to St Robert's Catholic Primary School.
Now, council bosses have approved a capital budget of £15.7 million to develop the scheme.
The planned three-storey, 60-bed hub would provide specialist residential dementia care as well as short-term support for people leaving hospital, helping to reduce avoidable re-admissions and speed up rehabilitation.
According to a council report, construction work is earmarked to start in June 2027 and, along with other hubs, is expected to save the council £3.7 million a year.
Cllr Michael Harrison.
Cllr Michael Harrison, the council’s executive member for health and adult services, said previously that the plan for the hubs was to tackle rising demand in adult social care.
He said:
We are facing significant challenges across North Yorkshire with rising demand and increasing costs in adult social care.
These proposed new hubs will help us to continue to deliver the best standard of care and support at crucial moments in people’s lives, while also generating long-term savings for the council and taxpayers.
We are excited about the positive, lasting impact that these hubs can have. I would encourage residents in Harrogate and Scarborough to look at the proposals and make the most of the consultation by sharing their feedback.
Council officers say the hubs would significantly reduce the requirement for one-to-one support and reduce the reliance on expensive specialist provision in the independent care market.
They would also provide care for people released from hospital and in need of bed-based help, with specialist reablement and rehabilitation support available.
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