The total of agency spend for community packages of care - Find a freedom of information request

1. Please can you provide your total of agency spend for community packages of care between April 2022 to April 2023? This includes complex care, mental health needs or learning disabilities.

2. Please can you confirm how many Children were placed via agency community packages of care between April 2022 to April 2023? This includes com-plex care, mental health needs or learning disabilities.

3. Please can you confirm how many Adults were placed via agency community packages of care between April 2022 to April 2023? This includes complex care, mental health needs or learning disabilities.

4. Please can you confirm how many unregulated providers for Children were used for agency community packages of care between April 2022 to April 2023? This includes complex care, mental health needs or learning disabilities.

5. Please can you confirm what agency providers were used for packages of care (Children) between April 2022 - 2023? This includes complex care, mental health needs or learning disabilities.

6. Who is responsible for adding agency care providers to the Preferred Supplier List for both Children and Adults services? Please provide their work email addresses and phone numbers.

7. Please clarify how a new agency care provider can be added to the PSL?

8. Do you have any urgent shortfalls that you would like Health Now to work on?

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.

1. Adult Care = £70,121,346.53

2. 33

3. Adult Care = 4551

4. None

5. These relate to the care packages quoted in question 2 for Domiciliary Care:

AMG Nursing

Annicare North Ltd

BID Services

County Care

Endorphins

Haywood Homes Ltd

Kinder Home Care Services Ltd

Newcross Healthcare

Petrichor Healthcare Provisions

Serenity

6. Children’s Strategic Commissioning are responsible for the procurement of domiciliary care and short breaks for children with disabilities. Contact LCCPlacements@lincolnshire.gov.uk The Commercial Team – People Services are responsible for the procurement of adult home care providers. CommercialTeamPeopleServices@lincolnshire.gov.uk

7. This is the process for Adult Care. The procurement of the Home Care service was completed using an open tender process on the Proactis Procontract tender portal. The current contract expires on 30/09/2026, with the option to extend for 3 periods of 12 months, giving a maximum contract end date of 30/09/2029. The contract is delivered through a prime provider model based on geographic location. This means that the provider is responsible for all home care referrals in their geographic area and must ensure the service is delivered. When the tender process is started again it is expected to be on the Procatis Procontract tender portal, so registering on the site will enable you to take part in the tender process when it opens again.

This is the process for Children’s Services. Domiciliary care and short breaks for children with a disability are procured through an Open Select List (OSL) process. The OSL for both Domiciliary Care and Short Breaks was tendered on the Proactis Procontract tender portal in Summer 2022. The current OSL expires on 31/08/2027; however, the OSL is opened annually each summer. The next opportunity to join the OSL will be in the summer of 2024. Mini competitions are run when an opportunity to deliver domiciliary care or short breaks for children with a disability is available. The opportunity is sent to providers on the OSL first. If there are no suitable bids, the opportunity may be opened to providers on the ‘off-list’. To join the off-list and ensure you receive details about the re-opening of the OSL for domiciliary care and short breaks for children with a disability, email: LCCPlacements@lincolnshire.gov.uk. State the OSL off-list you are interested in joining and provide your company details, including an email address for all referrals.

8. The FOI Act is for recorded information only