Cornwall Council and NHS Kernow care home contract

THIS AWARD RELATES TO AN OPEN PIN WITH RESPONSE REQUIRED WITH A CONTRACT START DATE OF 1 APRIL 2021 UNTIL THE CONTRACT END DATE OF 31 MARCH 2024. CONTRACT AWARDS WILL BE MADE THROUGHOUT THE LIFETIME OF THE OPEN PIN. NHS Kernow and the Cornwall Council are pleased to invite care home providers to join the new joint contract for care home services from the 1st April 2021. The aim of care home service is to ensure people have access to good quality care, support and accommodation that can enable them to meet their health and social care needs and outcomes twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year. Services that are within the scope include care homes with or without nursing for a person who is eligible in accordance with: a) The Care Act 2014; b) The eligibility criteria for NHS Funded Nursing Care or Continuing Healthcare; c) Other joint funding responsibilities of the Commissioners. Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust may also commission care home services through the new joint contract.