Purpose

The NHS Sussex Integrated Care
System (ICS) is a partnership that brings together NHS
organisations and local authorities, including West Sussex County
Council, to plan services across geographical areas. The County
Council, working together with the Integrated Care Board (ICB) and
as part of the ICS has developed a plan for the commissioning of
hospital discharge care to commission services which will support
people who are medically ready to be discharged from hospital and
requiring the support of ongoing health and social care services.
The plan includes the commissioning of contracts for additional
hospital discharge focused social care services which will be
funded by the ICB. As part of a separate decision process approval
is being sought to procure provision to ensure there will be
sufficient services in place over the next eighteen months to
continue facilitating individuals’ discharge from hospitals
in a time-efficient way and to support people to return home where
possible. Following conclusion of the procurement process the
Director of Adults and Health will be asked to approve the award of
contracts to the successful providers in two phases, this is to
ensure that services are commenced as planned. The first phase was
completed (key decision ref:
OKD26 (23/24)). This decision is the award of contract for the
second phase.

Decision

The Director of Adults and Health has approved
the award of the Hospital Discharge Interim Block Bed Contracts to
organisations listed in table 2.2 for an initial period up to the
31st March 2024 with the option to extend for 12-months
until March 2025 if performance and delivery of the contracts are
satisfactory, and funding commitment is provided from the
Integrated Care Board (ICB).