In 2023, we will make our funding for preventative services more accessible to a larger group of organisations though the creation of a Health and Wellbeing Community Grants Fund. This is a joint initiative with the NHS and will allow grants to be awarded to community, voluntary and faith organisations for up to two years. The fund will launch in May 2023.
In 2024 we will tender for a single community access point for preventative and carer support services.
In 2024 we will tender for a strategic community infrastructure partner organisation.
In early 2024 we will tender for a new all age Carers Support service.
In 2024 we will tender for a new care at home model. We will conduct co-production and market testing throughout 23/24 and we welcome providers to take part in this.
We will continue to pilot and grow the use of micro-providers to support older people at home, particularly in our Rural area.
In 23/24 we intend to establish a continuous quality improvement reward scheme for care at home providers who we hold a contract with.
In 2026, we will tender the Extra Care contract. We will conduct co-production and market testing throughout 24/25 and we welcome providers to take part in this.
We will commission fewer general residential care beds.
We will nurture growth in the specialist dementia residential and nursing market.
In 2023/24 we will create a capital grant programme to support care homes who wish to change their registration to specialist dementia and/or make their homes more dementia friendly.
We intend to provide capital investment to support the development of new specialist dementia capacity.
We will continue to invest in the skills and knowledge of care home staff through programmes such as My Home Life.
