Award of AQP Contracts for NHS Fully Funded Complex Care Nursing Home Placements

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NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit awarded contracts to Absolute Care Homes (Central) Ltd, Absolute Health Care (Central) Ltd, Alpha Health Care Ltd, Valorum Care Ltd, Goldthorn Lodge Ltd, Jaffray Care Society, Shaw Foundation, and Superior Care (Midlands) Ltd for NHS Fully Funded Complex Care Nursing Home Placements.

The contracts were awarded through an Any Qualified Provider (AQP) process by NHS Wolverhampton CCG, NHS Sandwell & West Birmingham CCG, NHS Dudley CCG, and NHS Walsall CCG.

The service provides complex care nursing home placements for individuals aged 18 and over with very high-level nursing needs related to physical disability, mental health, or learning disabilities, who meet the criteria for NHS Continuing Healthcare funding.

Providers must meet care needs and clinical outcomes and comply with the National Minimum Standards (2003) and subsequent revisions under the Care Standards Act 2000.

Contracts are awarded without exclusivity or commitment as to volumes or activity levels, for a period of 3 years with an option to extend for up to a further 2 years at the discretion of the commissioners.

Standard care pricing tariffs are set at £1,166.00, £1,491.00, and £1,771.00 per week for Physical Health Tiers 1-3, and £1,193.00, £1,517.00, and £1,798.00 per week for Mental Health/Learning Disability Tiers 1-3.

The contract value is £1.