Purpose

West Sussex County Council
(WSCC) as a partner of the Integrated Care System (ICS) works with
the Integrated Care Board (ICB) and wider health and social care
system partners to ensure sufficient provision is available to
support people to be discharged out of hospital returning to their
own homes where possible. Where people are able to go home from
hospital but require support to do so they can return home with
services provided through ‘Home First’.
 
The Council has commissioned
Hospital Discharge Care contracts since 2020 ( Ref:
OKD15 19/20 and
OKD26 (23/24) ) to deliver care and support alongside Sussex
Community NHS Foundation Trust to people being discharged from
hospital as part of the Home First offer.
 
The current contractual
arrangements expire on 31 March 2025. The cabinet member will be
asked to take a decision to commence a procurement to recommission
Home First Hospital Discharge Care Contracts which would commence
from 1 April 2025.

Decision

The Cabinet Member for Adults Services has
approved;
 
(1)the commencement of the
procurement of four block Hospital Discharge Care (HDC) contracts
which cover four geographical areas; North, Coastal South, Coastal
West and Central; and
 
(2)the delegated authority to the
Director of Adults and Health to award contracts for an initial
period of three years from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2028 with the
option to extend for a further period of up to two years until 31
March 2030.