Decision details

Report by Director of Adult Social Services (CMDA6)

Cabinet Member is RECOMMENDED to:

a)    Note the outcome of the review of the current Live Well at Home (LWAH) framework, including engagement with residents, carers and providers, and the case for a revised approach to commissioning home care and reablement services.

b)    Approve the procurement of a new successor Staying Well at

Home (SWAH) framework for the delivery of statutory home care and reablement services from 1 April 2027 for a period of up to 8 years to 2035.

c)    Approve in principle the development of integrated   

commissioning arrangements with the Thames Valley Integrated Care Board (ICB) for home care services, in line with the proposed SWAH model.

d)    Note that SWAH will also provide a mechanism for Thames Valley

Integrated Care Board to purchase home care for adults who are eligible for support under the NHS Continuing Healthcare Framework and that the Council’s s75 NHS Act Pooled Commissioning Agreement with the ICB will be varied to enable these changes.

e)    Delegate authority to the Director of Adult Social Care, in

consultation with the Director of Law and Governance and Section 151 Officer, to:

a)    undertake the procurement process for the SWAH

framework

b) award and enter into framework agreements

c) finalise and enter into any necessary partnership

    agreements with the ICB to support implementation of

    the SWAH model

d) manage, operate and, where appropriate, re-open or vary

    the framework over its duration