Developing consortia in adult social care

City & Hackney Health & Social Care Forum (HSCF): Report on meeting with over 40 voluntary and community sector providers on Consortium development:

Commissioning timetable:  presented by Sally Wadsworth, Head of Joint Commissioning, Older People & People with Disabilities Health and Community Services Directorate

Key points

• Advocacy and carers services will be tendered first and over 55's health and wellbeing early next year
• Once the review of prevention services in the VCS is finished, then co production reviews of all other social services (totalling £100 million) will start in 2011-13.

Click here to read the presentations

Model of consortia: presented by Alex Whinnom CEO from GMCVO on their Hub & Spoke Special Purpose Vehicle and John Blackmore CEO Action Acton outlined their experiences of being a lead agency in Acton on Employment.  Sacha Lewis outlined Hackney Council’s procurement policies.

Click here to read the presentation from Alex

Click here to read the presentation from John

Key points

• The first two contracts to be released will be: Generic Community Advocacy for people who don't meet Fair Access to Care criteria and Carers Services 
• Social Action for Health are organising a meeting on Advocacy on 18 May, 2pm at City & Hackney Carers Centre, 96 Springfield House, Tyssen Street
• The City & Hackney Carers Centre will be calling a meeting re carers services
• Hackney CVS will be exploring setting up a Special Purpose Vehicle Hub & Spoke model
• HSCF will organise a meeting to look at procurement issues inviting Chris Hudson.

Where does this news come from? This news comes from our Policy team which meets monthly and brings together expertise from different parts of the sector to tell you what's on our mind.  It is part of our renewed promise to keep you informed about the work we do.