Purpose

Residential and nursing care
home services for adults with mental health needs  are purchased by the County Council on behalf of
people who have been assessed as having eligible social care
needs.
 
The County Council has
published a Commissioning Strategy and is in the process of
developing a Market Position Statement and Public Mental Health
Needs Assessment that will include intentions for how the County
Council will procure this type of provision in the future. It is
proposed that residential and nursing services will be
recommissioned providing the opportunity for co-production with
residents and care providers to ensure that they align with our
vision and intentions for this care market going
forward.
 
To allow sufficient time for
the recommissioning and ensure that the new arrangements are
informed by the Commissioning Strategy and emerging Market Position
Statement and Public Mental Health Needs Assessment, it is proposed
that current provision is continued via direct award of contracts
to residential care and nursing homes in West Sussex under new
terms and conditions.
 
The Director of Adults and
Health will be asked to approve the direct award of contracts for
the provision of residential and nursing care home services for
Adults with Mental Health needs until October 2027, at the
latest.
 

Decision

The Director of Adults and Health has approved
the direct award of contracts to existing residential care and
nursing home providers for people with mental health needs to April
2027 with a further six (6) month extension to October 2027, if
required.