The West Lothian Integration Joint Board’s are currently conducting a Community Health and Social Care Bed Based Review.
The West Lothian Integration Joint Board (IJB) is responsible for planning most of the health and social care services for adults in West Lothian. The IJB published its strategic plan (West Lothian IJB – Strategic Plan 2023-28) recently, which set out an ambition for a ‘Home First’ approach focussing on enabling and supporting people to remain at home or in a homely setting wherever possible.
Over the last 18 months, the West Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership has been reviewing the number of community hospital and care home beds required now and in the future. The review has looked at current demand, occupancy rates and is trying to anticipate the number of beds needed to reflect West Lothian’s growing population of older people.
There are significant decisions to be made around the future delivery of bed-based services in West Lothian and they want to take account of the views of service users, staff, carers and the wider West Lothian community in determining how to maximise and use resources.
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