Gateway 1 The Provision of Care Services in Flexi-Care Housing
March 10, 2025 Strategic Director of Children and Adult Services (Officer) Key decision Approved View on council websiteThis summary is generated by AI from the council’s published record and supporting documents. Check the full council record and source link before relying on it.
Summary
...to approve the strategic commissioning of care services in all current and pending flexi-care schemes in Southwark, including partial insourcing of the social inclusion function and a five-year procurement approach at an estimated total cost of £20 million.
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Purpose
Approval for the procurement of
the delivery care services in Flexi Care housing
Decision
1.
That in consultation with the cabinet member for health and
wellbeing and the cabinet member for new homes and sustainable
development, the outcome of the insourcing investigation be noted
and that the proposal to strategically commission all four current
and pending flexi-care schemes in Southwark, as detailed in
paragraph 2 of the report, be approved and that partial insourcing
as detailed in paragraph 3 of the report be approved.
2.
That in consultation with the cabinet member for health and
wellbeing and the cabinet member for new homes and sustainable
development, the procurement approach set out in this report, for a
period of five years from July 2025, at an estimated maximum annual
cost of £4 million and an estimated total cost of £20
million, be approved.
3.
That the partial insourcing of the social inclusion function by
creating a post known as a community coordinator, which will report
via the adult social care directorate, be approved.
Details
| Outcome | Recommendations Approved |
| Decision date | 10 Mar 2025 |
| Subject to call-in | Yes |