A contract awarded by Bath & North East Somerset Council is helping to speed up the flow of patients leaving the RUH by offering more complex support to people in their own homes.
The local authority awarded the new complex care contract to Amicus Homecare in May.
Hundreds of hours of specialist care are now being provided across the area each week, ensuring people are receiving the support they need.
Councillor Alison Born, cabinet member for Adults and Council House Building said: “People with complex care needs are supported up to four times a day and often need two carers to visit to help with lifting. Some also live in difficult to reach locations.
“As a result, it can be challenging to find care providers which is why we decided to contract a provider specifically to care for people with complex care needs.
“By ensuring their care needs are met in the community by a dedicated provider we can limit the time people have to wait for care. It also means that more carers are available to support people who are well enough to leave hospital and continue their recovery at home.
“Amicus Homecare is now supporting 37 people, providing 400 hours of care each week.”
Sam Farr lives in Combe Hay near Bath and is visited by carers from Amicus once a day. Sam said: “I was without care for two months because I’m out in a small village.
“Once a care package was sourced it took so much pressure off my family. The carer helps me with my personal care but also makes time to get to really get to know me.”
Andrew Uter, Managing Director of Amicus Homecare added: “We are delighted to be working in partnership with the council’s Adult Commissioning teams to get more people into home care and ease the flow in Bath and North East Somerset to get people out of hospital and back into their own homes.
“This complex care initiative is targeting people who have been waiting a long time for care or who live in hard-to-reach locations.”
Amicus join a group of home care agencies in the district that has played a huge part in meeting people’s needs through the pandemic, including Retain, Care Watch and Care South and the new United Care B&NES (UCB).
All of these services are keen to recruit people wanting to develop a career in health and social care.
A list of current vacancies and other job opportunities for those who want to make a difference caring for others in Bath and North East Somerset can be found on the website here.
