Childrens Continuing Health Care Approved List PIN

Continuing Care is defined in the National Framework for Children and Young People Continuing Care (2010) as 'care that is over and above what can be provided through routine service provision'. It refers to the need for 'tailor made' packages of care, required over an extended period of time for children and young people with complex health needs which arise because of disability, accident or illness (including life limiting or life threatening conditions).

Portsmouth City Council is in the process of preparing a tender for providers for families whose children meet the continuing care eligibility threshold to choose more personalised care and provision. Within this arrangement families will be able to choose to have a personal budget and this will in turn offer much greater flexibility to them in arranging care for their children. With effect from October 2014, those children eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare have a 'right to have' a Personal Health Budget should they choose to and we are strongly embracing the principles of personalisation. A personal health budget allows budget holders to directly purchase their own care or to nominate a third party to hold the budget and employ care staff on their behalf.

Additional information: Portsmouth City Council is in the process of preparing a tender for the provision of continuing care for children with complex health needs to enable them to live at home with their families and within the wider community.

Continuing Care is defined in the National Framework for Children and Young People Continuing Care (2010) as 'care that is over and above what can be provided through routine service provision'. It refers to the need for 'tailor made' packages of care, required over an extended period of time for children and young people with complex health needs which arise because of disability, accident or illness (including life limiting or life threatening conditions).

Within the new arrangement, families whose children meet the continuing care eligibility threshold will be able to choose to have a personal budget and this will offer much greater flexibility in arranging care for their children.

Currently there are 7 children in Portsmouth receiving continuing care packages with a value of approx £1.65M.

The aim of this Prior Information Notice is to understand the capacity of the current supply market. The Council is seeking to give providers, who have experience of meeting these types of complex health needs, the opportunity to comment on our draft specification and give feedback in the form of a questionnaire which can be obtained from the following web address: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/portsmouthcc/aspx/home. The deadline for responses will be 04 May 2015.

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : Yes https://in-tendhost.co.uk/portsmouthcc/aspx/