Rehabilitation Centre at St Ewolds

​Request 767245089 

Reference the Rehabilitation Centre at St Ewolds. Please can you confirm the following:
1. How many beds are there?
2. How many permanent staff work there?
3. How long can patients stay there?
4. What is the monthly, quarterly, annual cost of running the centre?
5. When the centre is full where do rehabilitation patients go?
6. How many patients were treated in the first year that the centre was opened? 

Response 

1

The standard allocation is 14 beds for rehabilitation, though during winter pressures it is possible to increase up to 17 beds. 

2

A total of 44 permanent staff are employed. This includes nursing, therapy, medical, housekeeping, catering and ward clerk staff. 

3

There is no fixed length of stay; patients may remain receiving rehabilitation whilst they continue to make progress on their inpatient goals. 

4

The monthly cost is £166,667.00, quarterly is £500,000.00, and the yearly budget is £2,000,000. The service operates within budget. 

5

If the unit is at capacity, patients awaiting rehabilitation would remain as inpatients at Jersey General Hospital and will receive therapy input from the acute team. Once a bed becomes available, Samares at St Ewolds Rehabilitation Unit will arrange to transfer the next appropriate patient into it. 

6

In the first year since opening in May 2024, 120 patients were admitted.​