(Dec 25) Transferring Care for 3 individuals with a Learning Disability and/or are autistic who display behaviours that challenge, including those with a mental health condition into Nixon Street-NHS Cheshire & Merseyside ICB

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    "description": "NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit are working as an agent on behalf of NHS Cheshire \u0026 Merseyside Integrated Care Board (ICB) who are looking to undertake a procurement for the provision of transferring care for 3 individuals with a learning disability and/or are autistic who display behaviours that challenge, including those with a mental health condition into Nixon Street for patients from Cheshire East\nPlace.\nThis Procurement is to identify a provider to provide care and support services for those individuals who have been identified for the Nixon Street property. initially Nixon Street capital was secured for Cheshire East individuals with a Learning Disability and/or autistic people with behaviours that challenge due to Cheshire East having no suitable accommodation adapted for people with autism and challenging behaviours that offers\nself-contained accommodation, with specialist adaptations and care. However, this facility will also be able to support individuals being discharged from Cheshire and Wirral Partnership so could be used by Cheshire West and Wirral individuals to ensure the facility is fully occupied and therefore provides value for money.\nThere is also the opportunity to repatriate individuals back into area from Independent Sector facilities should there be capacity.\nWhilst the facility will prioritise individuals from Cheshire East initially, priority will be given to individuals from the below places, in the below order:\na) Cheshire East\nb) Cheshire West\nc) Wirral\nd) New patients being discharged from hospital or repatriating back to area. Following this, the ICB would then look to prioritise individuals from other Places across the NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB Footprint.\nNixon Street is a substantial property located in Macclesfield, in close proximity to the town centre. It\u0027s location is near the main district general hospital (MDGH) and in short walking distance to the Learning Disability Community Team and Macclesfield Mental\nHealth Services.\nNHS England (NHSE) have previously provided substantial capital for the renovation of Nixon Street and are looking to handover to the landlord by the end of April 2026, therefore it\u0027s key that this service provision is in place to support the mobilisation of the property to support rehabilitation from 27th April 2026. Please note, the construction timeline my change, which may have subsequent delays to the procurement timescales. \nThe scheme has been developed specifically for 3 individuals with a Learning Disability and/or Autism who display behaviours that challenge, including those with a mental health condition from the Cheshire area. It has been historically very difficult to find suitable\nplacements for those individuals which can contribute to admissions and placement breakdowns. This procurement is to provide supportive ongoing clinical care to those individuals who have been discharged from Acute settings. \nThe ICB\u0027s focus is to provide homes for people in the community rather than relying on out of area housing pathways once the individual\u0027s rehabilitation and treatment has been completed.\nThe Transforming Care programme aims to improve the lives of children, young people and adults with a learning disability and/or autism who display behaviours that challenge, including those with amental health condition.\nThe programme has three key aims:\n\u2022 To improve quality of care for people with learning disability and/or autism\n\u2022 To improve quality of life for people with a learning disability and/or autism\n\u2022 To enhance community capacity, thereby reducing inappropriate hospital admissions\nand length of stay.\nThe Contract is currently planned to start 27th April 2026. \nThe contract will be for 3 years with an option to extend for a further 2 years, until 26th April 2031.",
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    "title": "(Dec 25) Transferring Care for 3 individuals with a Learning Disability and/or are autistic who display behaviours that challenge, including those with a mental health condition into Nixon Street-NHS Cheshire \u0026 Merseyside ICB"
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