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There are provider forums on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday next week, look out for the joining links so you can participate in the one relevant to you.
We do our best to keep the content and structure of our PEN website up-to-date in these fast-changing times and your suggestions on how to improve the website are always welcome.
County Care Home Forum, 25 June, 2-3pm
Our next County Care Home Forum will take place on Tuesday 25 June from 2-3pm, this will be held on Teams and the registration link will be sent out shortly.
If you have not received this by next week, please email socialcarebusinessrelations-mailbox@devon.gov.uk.
Personal Care Provider Forum, 26 June, 2-3pm
Our next Personal Care Provider Forum will be held on 26 June, 2-3pm and invites will be sent out this week.
If you have not received an invite by next week, please email us socialcarebusinessrelations-mailbox@devon.gov.uk.
Housing with Support Forum, 27 June, 11am-12noon
Our next Housing with Support Forum will be held on Thursday 27 June, from 11am-12noon.
If you have not received a meeting joining link, please email us socialcarebusinessrelations-mailbox@devon.gov.uk.
‘One Devon’ Hospital discharge booklet
‘Planning Together and Leaving Hospital: Returning Home or to another place of Care’ is a booklet containing lots of useful advice and information about hospital discharge in Devon. Published on behalf of the ‘One Devon’ health and care system, this 9-page publication applies to people leaving hospital and returning to all settings, not just to care homes.
Hospital Discharge booklet
Extra Care Housing Market Engagement Opportunity Webinar Next Week
Devon County Council (DCC) is seeking to establish a Flexible Purchasing System (FPS) for Extra Care providers able to deliver care and support services into Extra Care Housing (ECH) schemes in Devon.
The FPS will be comprised of two Lots:
Lot 1 - Care and Support Services:
- Core provision to ensure care and support cover 24-hours a day including social inclusion and response to unplanned care needs
- The provision of commissioned one-to-one care and support that a significant number of people living in Extra Care Housing require and for which they are eligible under the Fair Access to Care Assessment criteria.
Lot 2 - Innovation and Future Working
- This Lot will enable DCC to continue to develop its ECH model over the lifetime of the FPS, giving providers opportunities to innovate and work in different ways when opportunities arise.
DCC currently commissions care and support into six Extra Care Housing schemes, of which four schemes will be called-off for immediately, as part of the tender to establish the FPS.
An additional two services are currently in development with planned completion dates between Autumn 2027 and Spring 2028, and further schemes are at the planning stage and anticipated to be completed within the lifetime of the FPS.
DCC will be holding its second online market engagement webinar as to provide further information on the FPS and schemes to be procured under it on 25 June from 2 to 3.30pm. Click here to register interest.
If you have any questions please email us: socialcarebusinessrelations-mailbox@devon.gov.uk
Contract opportunity: Pathway 2 Block Booked Beds in Eastern Devon
NHS Devon Integrated Care Board is intending to commission 10 Pathway 2 Block Booked Beds for a 12 month contract in Eastern Devon at a cost of £1,000 per bed per week. The provider given the highest score will be able to provide 10 beds, or be willing and able to offer additional beds (to a maximum of 10) as vacancies become available. If there are not any providers who can provide a total of 10 beds, then consideration maybe given to awarding a contract to two different providers.
Pathway 2 provision is defined as: Likely to be maximum of 4% of people discharged from the acute hospital: the main aim is to provide recovery, rehabilitation, assessment, care planning or short-term intensive support in a 24-hour bed-based setting to maximise levels of independence, before the person is supported to return home.
Only Providers who are CQC Registered Care Home Provider (65+) with a CQC rating of 'Good' or above who can commit to providing block booked beds at the above price per bed per week will be considered.
Please follow the link below for further information about this opportunity:
Discharge to assess pathway 2 recovery and reablement bedded care (Eastern Devon) - Find a Tender (find-tender.service.gov.uk)
Devon County Council Integrated Adult Social Care Commissioning Team Restructure Update
Devon County Council is currently re-organising its Integrated Adult Social Care Commissioning team, which is being managed in two phases.
Phase 1 of the restructure focused on grades below senior leadership level with a realignment of functions broadly into two areas:
- the merging of the strategic element of Market Management, Workforce and Commissioning function into one Strategic Commissioning and Market Development Team
- the merging of the tactical element of Market Management team functions of contract management and quality assurance and improvement creating the Quality and Contract Management team
Phase 2 focused on senior leadership grades with the aim of establishing a structure aligned to and proportionate with the new smaller team, whilst ensuring that the wider team still has the capacity and skills to deliver the ongoing and significant savings, as well as our market sufficiency duties. That has meant removing three senior leadership roles and bringing in more capacity at lower leadership grades to deliver those essential functions.
Further details of the functions supported by the Strategic Commissioning & Market Development Team and Quality & Contract Management Team, including a high-level structure chart can we found here and we will update that information when further changes have been made.
Forms of ID which can be used when Voting
When people go to vote, they will need to have photo ID. We know that people with learning disabilities may not have a provisional driving license or a passport, but there are alternatives that are more readily available:
A Disabled Persons Bus Pass – often the photo bus passes are accepted as voter ID. The caveat to that is it must be ‘government funded’.
Blue Badges – because these are issued by a local authority, Blue Badges are accepted as forms of ID.
A Voter Authority Certificate – these are free forms of ID that require you to be registered to vote before applying. If you are registered to vote, then you can apply online for the Voter Authority Certificate.
The deadline to apply for a Voter Authority Certificate to vote in the General Election is next week: Wednesday 26 June.
Useful places to find out more information about the General Election and voting include:
Mencap: https://www.mencap.org.uk/about-us/mencap-manifesto https://www.mencap.org.uk/get-involved/campaign-mencap/elections
The Electoral Commission: https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/voting-and-elections
My Vote My Voice: https://www.myvotemyvoice.org.uk
Learning Disability England: https://www.learningdisabilityengland.org.uk/news/latest-news/voting-resources-2024/
Good News Story: Care Home staff Alzheimer’s Society fundraising walk
Care workers and managers from Hill House in Torbay and Three Corners in Brixham recently took part in a 13 mile walk to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society.
Congratulations to Marta Broyd, Michelle O’Sullivan, Carol Ashmore, Charley Hambly, Lisa Clark and Natalie Oleski.
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