person centred care together with a sustainable good quality workforce. The Projects can be summarized as follows: Examining the Skills & Capacity of Commissioners. Market analysis of Care Homes for Older People in Wales initial pilot in Learning Disabilities: Development of – North Wales to be completed across – Integrated Commissioning Guidance for Wales by Mid October 2016. commissioning services for people with learning disabilities. Support the development of Market Position Statement for Care Homes in Children with Complex Needs due to North Wales (using results of market or disabilities. analysis) and subject to resources The development of a concordant to develop opportunities for sharing promote constructive working learning from this exercise to the other relationships between commissioners regions. and providers designed to update and Develop model agreement (subject to replace the former memorandum of agreement and resources from Welsh understanding. Government) for the development of a The projects are described in more detail formal partnership and pooled fund for the integrated commissioning of services from care homes. Market Analysis of Care for Older People in Wales Model terms & Conditions (Standards) for Care Homes & Home Care Services. The NCB is presently undertaking a market This will be undertaken in partnership with Welsh Government Policy analysis of care homes for older people in colleagues and CSSIW to ensure that Wales. This exercise is being undertaken at this work aligns with the requirements the request of the Care Homes Steering group of the Regulation & Inspection Act. chaired by Albert Heaney (Director of Social Services & Integration for Wales). The Developing an outcomes focused purpose of the exercise is to develop a approach to the commissioning of home care. baseline of information to inform the development of an appropriate range of Supporting the Care Council for Wales services. The exercise can also be used to in the development of the national inform the development of pooled budgets. strategy for home care. Exploring the potential for the development of a toolkit for calculating fees for home care. Both health boards and local authorities have been asked to provide data on the placements Examining the options for securing they fund in care homes for older people both services through procurement and non- procurement routes that promote inside and outside of Wales. The exercise does not include care homes for younger
The Projects can be summarized as follows: Market analysis of Care Homes for Older People in Wales – initial pilot in North Wales – to be completed across Wales by Mid October 2016. Support the development of Market Position Statement for Care Homes in North Wales (using results of market analysis) and subject to resources develop opportunities for sharing learning from this exercise to the other regions. Develop model agreement (subject to agreement and resources from Welsh Government) for the development of a formal partnership and pooled fund for the integrated commissioning of services from care homes. Model terms & Conditions (Standards) for Care Homes & Home Care Services. This will be undertaken in partnership with Welsh Government Policy colleagues and CSSIW to ensure that this work aligns with the requirements of the Regulation & Inspection Act. Developing an outcomes focused approach to the commissioning of home care. Supporting the Care Council for Wales in the development of the national strategy for home care. Exploring the potential for the development of a toolkit for calculating fees for home care. Examining the options for securing services through procurement and non- procurement routes that promote person centred care together with a sustainable good quality workforce. Examining the Skills & Capacity of Commissioners. Learning Disabilities: Development of Integrated Commissioning Guidance for commissioning services for people with learning disabilities. Children with Complex Needs due to or disabilities. The development of a concordant to promote constructive working relationships between commissioners and providers designed to update and replace the former memorandum of understanding. The projects are described in more detail Market Analysis of Care for Older People in Wales The NCB is presently undertaking a market analysis of care homes for older people in Wales. This exercise is being undertaken at the request of the Care Homes Steering group chaired by Albert Heaney (Director of Social Services & Integration for Wales). The purpose of the exercise is to develop a baseline of information to inform the development of an appropriate range of services. The exercise can also be used to inform the development of pooled budgets. Both health boards and local authorities have been asked to provide data on the placements they fund in care homes for older people both inside and outside of Wales. The exercise does not include care homes for younger
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