NHS Wolverhampton CCG, NHS Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG, NHS Dudley CCG and NHS Walsall CCG ran an any qualified provider (AQP) process for NHS Fully Funded Complex Care Nursing Home Placements.

The standard care pricing tariffs associated with this service are as follows:

Physical Health

Tier 1 — GBP 1 166.00 per week,

Tier 2 — GBP 1 491.00 per week,

Tier 3 — GBP 1 771.00 per week.

Mental health/learning disability

Tier 1 — GBP 1 193.00 per week,

Tier 2 — GBP 1 517.00 per week,

Tier 3 — GBP 1 798.00 per week.

The service procured was for complex care nursing home placements fully funded by the NHS for individuals with very high-level nursing needs, who meet the criteria for NHS continuing healthcare funding, for whom the Black Country Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) i.e. Wolverhampton CCG, Dudley CCG, Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG and Walsall CCG are the responsible commissioners.

The service is for service users aged 18 years and over who have complex health care needs relating to:

• physical disability,

• mental health,

• learning disabilities.

Service providers will be required to meet the care needs and clinical outcomes of service users in these care groups and will also need to comply with the National Minimum Standards (2003) and subsequent revisions thereof, in accordance with the Care Standards Act 2000.

Any qualified provider (AQP) contracts awarded as a result of this procurement process are awarded without any exclusivity or commitment as to volumes or levels of activity on the part of the Commissioner(s).

Contracts awarded will be for a period of 3 years with an option to extend for up to a further 2 years at the discretion of the Commissioner(s).