Le Seelleur Charitable Trust Fund: Transfer to fund Palliative Care Services and the purchase of defibrillators

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A decision made on 29 June 2020

Decision Reference: MD-HSS-2020-0042
Decision Summary Title:	Transfer from Le Seelleur Fund to fund non-recurring palliative care services and the purchase of defibrillators		Date of Decision Summary:15th May	3rd June 2020
Decision Summary Author:	Head of Finance Business Partnering (Hospital)		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Transfer from Le Seelleur Fund for palliative care services and the purchase of defibrillators.		Date of Written Report:	3rd June 2020
Written Report Author:	Head of Finance Business Partnering (Hospital)		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Use of Le Seelleur Charitable Trust Fund to fund Palliative Care Services and the purchase of defibrillators The Ministerial Decision is seeking the proposed distribution of £1.020m from Le Seelleur Charitable Trust Fund to the Health and Community Services (HCS) revenue head of expenditure in 2020; Under the proposition P.71/97 adopted by the States on 2nd June 1997, it was decided that the administration of the Estate of H.E. Le Seelleur should be carried out by the Minister for Health and Social Services (formerly known as the Health and Social Services Committee). Purpose of the spending The funding would be used for the following purposes. To fund an increase to the commissioning of palliative care services from Jersey Hospice Care by HCS. The purchase of 34 defibrillators and 2 Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) (portable defibrillators), to replace equipment originally purchased in 2010 and now in need of renewal. The benefits of this expenditure will be a reduction in the risk of equipment failure and having an up to date model used across the hospital, which will enable a train the trainer model to be possible.
Decision(s): The Minister approved the distribution of £1.020m non-recurrent funding from Le Seelleur Fund, to be transferred to the HCS revenue head of expenditure in 2020 in respect of: Supporting the 2020 cost of the increase to the Service Level Agreement between HCS and Jersey Hospice Care for the provision of specialist palliative care services (£0.8m) Purchase of 34 defibrillators, 2 AEDs and associated equipment (£0.22m)
Reason(s) for Decision: The transfer of £1.020m from Le Seelleur Fund aligns with the purpose of the charitable trust fund, which is: “for the benefit of the aged infirm and needy residents”.
Resource Implications: The HCS revenue head of expenditure will increase by £1.020m. The balance on Le Seelleur Fund will reduce by £1.020m.
Action required: Authorisation will be sought from the Minister for Treasury & Resources to use the transferred income against the JHC contract in accordance with Article 21 of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2019. A Treasury decision will be obtained to facilitate the drawdown of £1.020m from the Common Investment Fund.
Signature:		Position: Deputy Richard Renouf Minister for Health & Social Services
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: