Tendering For Care

The NHS published a guidance document regarding practice based commissioning. This document makes very clear that this approach, like tendering and procurement is here to stay.

The Department of health published details of the grant allocations for the single pot and mental helth elements for 2007 - 08. These grants can be used for capital projects. The documents gives detaisl of amounts by Local Authority.

The Department of Health published details of the revenue grant funding allocations for Adult Personal Services for Child and adolescent mental health services for 2007 - 08. The document includes details of the allocation by Local Authority and type of service provision.

Joint Guidance on the care of people with dementia was published.

Unlike small providers who are losing business, there are some who are winning and this is showing in their "bottom line".

£90 million announced for the Hostels Capital Improvement programme.

It is the small organisations and providers who are being hit the hardest by the new procurement requirements. It is sad that many organisations, large and small, do not understand the new requirements, are failing to take the necessary action and, as a result are losing contracts and therefore business.

Reports appear to indicate that the EVERCARE initiative is not meeting expectations.

One of the most rapidly growing providers of care expands in the Kent area.

As the Chancellor undertakes the Comprehensive Spending review which will set the spending limits for Public Authorities until 2009, so more reports are published which set out the possible implications which may arise from certain scenarios. This is more from the Local Government Association which addresses the implications of cuts for home help and related services - domicilary care even!.