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Social Care
Purchasing
Over 80% of the care services that we
commission are purchased from Independent, Voluntary &
Community Sector Providers: We spend around £30 million each year
purchasing care services - more than a third of the Council's total
annual spend on goods and
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Purchased
care services range from those focused on low level support and
preventative services, to those offering intensive residential care
to meet complex care needs.
Purchasing of
social care services takes place within the context of the
corporate procurement strategy and associated procedures.
To find out more about how the Council tenders and contracts
follow the link below:
How do we buy
Some social care contracts are
exempt from aspects of the EU Procurement Directives, but all must
be tendered and managed in line with the Council's
Constitution.
You can read the Constitution by following this link:
Council Constitution
This
page introduces the purchasing of social care services and provides
links to:
· Our intentions with regard to
future purchasing of social services (the
Purchase Plan)
· Our contract conditions
and terms of business when purchasing placements within Care Homes
(the Pre Placement Agreement)
· The outcome of our
negotiations on Care Home fees for the coming year, and the details
of the Quality Premium Payments Scheme for care homes.
(Care Home Fees and the Quality Premium Payment
Scheme)
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Shropshire
Partners in Care (SPIC):
SPIC is a voluntary
organisation of Independent Sector care businesses with whom we
work in close partnership with on all aspects of social care
purchasing. | |
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| Please note - Some documents published before
1st December 2006 may contain incorrect contact
numbers. |
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