Following the decision by the Pearn Convalescent Home Trust to close from the end of October 2003, the Portfolio Holder for Social Services and Health submitted a proposal “to scrutinise the stated reasons for the Homes close and to ascertain the impact upon other services (NHS and Plymouth City Council) and to ensure no loss of quality of post-operative care.” A Health and Social Well-Being Overview and Scrutiny Committee Select Committee undertook a review into the the overall impact on local people of the closure of the Pearn Convalescent Home and whether the Council will need to provide an increased level of care. The findings were reported back to the Portfolio Holder, relevant NHS Organisations and the Pearn Convalescent Home Trust.