Works starts on £23m health facilities

Work is underway on two new integrated health and social care community facilities in Flintshire, marking a combined investment of £23m.Projects include a new residential care home opening in Flint and a day and work services hub in Mold.Croes Atti Residential Care Home, in Flint, will house 56 older people on a former community hospital site when complete.The scheme has a value of approximately £18m, and has received more than £11m in funding via the Welsh Government’s Integration and Rebalancing Capital Fund (IRCF) and Housing with Care Fund capital programmes. Flintshire County Council’s capital programme is providing the remaining funds.The project will involve an existing care home in the area being relocated and expanded from its current 31-bed capacity. Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board and Flintshire County Council social services teams will deliver integrated social and health care services.Maes Gwern Integrated Service Hub will see existing HFT learning disability day services at Tri Ffordd, in Bretton, and the Growing Places mental health day service, in Shotton, relocate to Mold. The project is backed by £2.9m via the IRCF, with the remaining £1.8m funded from the council’s capital programme.Deputy minister for social services Julie Morgan visited the two sites to hear more about the scheme.She said: “These two important projects will help to build the community capacity we need to help people live well at home, prevent them needing to be admitted to hospital and supporting them to return swiftly home where they have been admitted.”I look forward to seeing the projects completed in the near future.”