Issue - items at meetings - Sussex Community Trust Estates Strategy

Presentation from Gareth Baker – Director of Transformation and Commercial Development and Gillian Wieck - Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Children's and Specialist Services, Sussex Community Trust

119           Sussex Community Trust (SCT) Estates Strategy

119.1    This item was introduced by Gareth Baker, SCT Director of Transformation and Commercial Development, and by Gillian Wieck, SCT Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Children’s and Specialist Services.

119.2    Mr Baker explained that SCT was moving to a ‘hub and spoke’ estates model as the best way to deliver services while supporting staff development and building organisational resilience.

119.3    In response to a question on access for service-users, Ms Wieck assured members that key elements in the plans would improve access – such as the development of Morley Street as a community dentistry hub. Other elements would have no impact on user access as they involved the re-organisation of staff rather than public-facing services.

119.4    In answer to a question about disabled access to Morley Street, Ms Wieck confirmed that there was good disabled access and disabled parking at Morley St.

119.5    The Chair summed up, noting that members were happy with the Trust’s proposals. In general the HWOSC is interested in any proposals for change that will impact upon local residents.