Health & Care Transformation
Programme update - Autumn 2023
Spotlight on the Nursing, Residential and Home Care Project
The Island’s population is aging and the cost of caring for an older society is increasing. We know that people worry about the cost of care. Care will become unaffordable if we don’t change how the system works and we need to find a fairer way of paying for it.
The purpose of the Nursing, Residential and Home Care Project is to ensure the long term, financial sustainability of care by exploring new ways to fund care that will enable more people to remain in their own homes. For more information on the Nursing, Residential and Home Care Project project please visit its dedicated page.
Consultation goes live
There has been a lot of progress over the last few months, resulting in the launch of a full public consultation on new ways to pay for care that is taking place in November and December 2023.
Minister Hooper gave an introduction to the consultation at the Government conference in September 2023 followed by a Q&A session with the Minister and officers from the Transformation Programme, the Department of Health and Social Care and Manx Care. You can watch Minister Hooper's speech on Funding the cost of Nursing & Residential Care: Future Models on YouTube.
This consultation introduces two alternative options of paying for care. The video and infographic explains how the current system works and introduces the two potential new options.
Both options being considered increase Government’s contribution towards the cost of care. This would allow those receiving care to pay a lower proportion of their cost of care when they receive it and therefore, would enable them to keep more of their income and savings.
However, if Government pays more, the cost will fall to society so people will pay for it throughout their life instead.
Get involved
The Government wants your feedback on which model you think would provide a better way of paying for care in the future. There are 2 ways you can get involved:
- Completing the online survey at the consultation hub
- Meet our team and give face to face feedback at one our public sessions
The consultation will run from Friday 10 November to Friday 12 January 2024.
Please contact us via email at healthandcaretransformation@gov.im or call us on +44 1624 693859 if you would like a large print version of the consultation.
Venues
Please find below a list of locations where you can meet the team and complete a hard copy of the survey.
This is a live list so please do check again if you cannot find a location near you. Alternatively, please complete the online survey, email healthandcaretransformation@gov.im or call us on +44 1624 693859 to request a hard copy of the questionnaire and pre-paid envelope.
Face to face sessions
| Date | Location | What to expect |
|---|---|---|
| Mon 20 November, 2pm | Sight Matters Corrin Court, Heywood Ave, Onchan, IM3 3AP |
Presentation on the consultation for people with sight loss or who are visually impaired and those that want to support those people in completion of the survey. |
| Tues 21 November 10:30am to 12:30pm | Ramsey Town Hall and Library Town Hall, Ramsey IM8 1RT |
Drop in session for the public – presentation and Q&As |
| Thurs 23 November, 12 noon to 2pm | Southern Befrienders Reayrt Y Chrink Community Room, Castletown Road, Port Erin, IM9 6BE |
Presentation and Q&As |
| Fri 24 November, 11am to 1pm | Family Library Nobles Hall, Westmoreland Rd, Douglas, IM1 1RL |
Opportunity to meet members of the project team to ask questions or for help with completing the survey |
| Mon 27 November, 10:30am | Douglas City Hall Ridgeway Street, Douglas, IM99 1AD |
Opportunity to meet members of the project team to ask questions or for help with completing the survey |
| Fri 1 December, 11am to 1pm *NOTE CHANGE OF DATE* |
Port St Mary Commissioners Office The Promenade, Port St Mary, IM9 5DA |
Opportunity to meet members of the project team to ask questions or for help with completing the survey |
| Mon 4 December, 10am to 12pm | Peel Ward Library 38 Castle St, Peel, Isle of Man IM5 1AL |
Opportunity to meet members of the project team to ask questions or for help with completing the survey |
| Tues 5 December, 4pm to 6:30pm | Laxey – Cooil Roi Lounge Cooil Roi Sheltered Housing Complex |
Opportunity to meet members of the project team to ask questions or for help with completing the survey |
| Wed 6 December, 10:30am to 11:30am | Keyll Darree Noble's Hospital Site, Strang, Braddan, IM4 4RH |
Presentation and Q&As for all care home providers and domiciliary care providers (attendance via MS Teams is also available) |
| Thurs 7 December, 11am to 2pm | Henry Bloom Noble Library 8 Duke St, Douglas, Isle of Man IM1 2LB |
Meet members of the project team to ask questions or for help with completing the survey |
| Thurs 7 December, 4pm to 6pm | Onchan Library Church Ave, Douglas, Isle of Man IM3 1RD |
Meet members of the project team to ask questions or for help with completing the survey |
For information and updates on the Programme’s other projects, please see our project specific pages.
Background
Following Tynwald's approval of the Treasury Minister's motion on 16 January 2018, the Council of Ministers commissioned Sir Jonathan Michael to chair an independent review of health and social care on the Island.
Progress to date
Progress on the 26 recommendations at a glance
- 4 - Complete
- 3 - Complete/how we continue to work
- 7 - Complete/ongoing by others
6 - Work ongoing by the Programme scheduled to transfer to others
6 - Work ongoing by the Programme to completion/pending transfer
Our projects
The Transformation Programme is being carried out by a dedicated team under the Chief Executive (Isle of Man Government) within the Cabinet Office, working closely with the Department of Health and Social Care, Manx Care, Public Health and the Treasury.
Our structure
The Health & Care Transformation project is managed through the Transformation Programme Management Office. There is also a Transformation Board and a Political Board.
Seminars and courses
Contact us
We would like to ensure island residents and service users can easily keep up-to-date with work on the programme. Please do let us know how you would like to hear from us. Are drop-in sessions helpful? Do you find the newsletters useful and interesting? How else would you like to be informed of progress?
As always, if you would like to share your thoughts, require any additional information or wish to discuss anything further, please contact HealthandCareTransformation@gov.im.
