Hospital and council staff will take over adult community healthcare services from SEQOL in less than three weeks, ahead of schedule.
It was announced only last month that the Great Western Hospital would take over the running of the services as of February next year after SEQOL was given 12 months notice on their contract.
However, yesterday Swindon Clinical Commissioning Group announced it has called on GWH to manage the services earlier than February in a ‘caretaking’ role.
This has apparently come after SEQOL themselves requested to end their contract ahead of schedule due to their challenges with finance and workforce.
The planned transfer date for services to GWH is 1st October and additional services currently provided by SEQOL will be transferring to Swindon Borough Council on the same day.
Everyone who currently receives care from SEQOL will not be affected by the transfer of services back to the council and all current employment terms and conditions will remain the same.
