{"content":[{"text":"Bristol City Council is reviewing the care and support services delivered in Extra \n Care Housing (ECH) that are funded by the council’s Adult Social Care budget. \n The council is looking at what services are delivered and how the council would \n like to commission (buy) these services in the future.","bbox":{"left":0.095238,"top":0.065445,"width":0.786287,"height":0.08268}},{"text":"An ECH scheme is where people have their \n own self-contained homes as part of a larger \n complex, have a legal right to occupy the \n property, and have the provision of an onsite \n care and support service. Bristol City Council \n currently spends approximately £4.8m per \n annum on care and support in ECH across \n the city for people over 55 years of age. Care \n and support providers deliver personal care \n and support services for people living in \n ECH schemes.","bbox":{"left":0.095238,"top":0.159661,"width":0.387668,"height":0.19400700000000004}},{"text":"The ECH commissioning plan is the subject \n of this consultation and is available at \n www.bristol.gov.uk/ECH","bbox":{"left":0.514277,"top":0.159669,"width":0.3738180000000001,"height":0.051355999999999985}},{"text":"The final commissioning plan will be \n informed by feedback from people who have \n an interest in how care and support services \n are provided in ECH:","bbox":{"left":0.514277,"top":0.223226,"width":0.386945,"height":0.06928700000000002}},{"text":"y","bbox":{"left":0.514277,"top":0.300553,"width":0.009222999999999981,"height":0.01582}},{"text":"people living in extra care housing","bbox":{"left":0.533327,"top":0.301222,"width":0.29667299999999996,"height":0.015836000000000017}},{"text":"y people who care for people living in extra \n care housing","bbox":{"left":0.514277,"top":0.325098,"width":0.3758520000000001,"height":0.034321000000000046}},{"text":"Getting care and support services right is \n important because the council wants to \n make sure the services it funds are right \n for people who live in ECH now and in \n the future.","bbox":{"left":0.095238,"top":0.365755,"width":0.35615399999999997,"height":0.08710400000000001}},{"text":"y","bbox":{"left":0.514277,"top":0.367459,"width":0.009222999999999981,"height":0.01582}},{"text":"the families or friends of people living in \n extra care housing","bbox":{"left":0.533327,"top":0.368128,"width":0.349048,"height":0.03365299999999999}},{"text":"y","bbox":{"left":0.514277,"top":0.409821,"width":0.009222999999999981,"height":0.01582}},{"text":"the providers of care and support services \n in extra care housing","bbox":{"left":0.533327,"top":0.41049,"width":0.3612989999999999,"height":0.03365299999999999}},{"text":"y other stakeholders and organisations who \n work with extra care housing.","bbox":{"left":0.514277,"top":0.452183,"width":0.385108,"height":0.03432200000000002}},{"text":"Commissioning (buying or procuring a \n service) is a process whereby the council \n pays another organisation to deliver services. \n The council must make sure it gets the best \n value for public money. It must also make \n sure that organisations that would like to \n apply to deliver care and support in ECH \n services are given an opportunity to do so. \n When an organisation applies to the council \n to deliver services, this is called a tender.","bbox":{"left":0.095238,"top":0.464946,"width":0.389846,"height":0.17618899999999998}},{"text":"This process is called a consultation. People \n and organisations who fill in the survey \n will be asked what they think is important \n about ECH care and support services – \n what services are provided and how they \n are provided.","bbox":{"left":0.514277,"top":0.498592,"width":0.37424899999999994,"height":0.10492099999999999}},{"text":"Organisations who can provide ECH support \n services will then apply to deliver these \n services in a tender, which will be put out \n in autumn / winter 2021. Care and support \n services already in place in ECH will continue \n to be delivered throughout this process \n without a break.","bbox":{"left":0.514277,"top":0.6156,"width":0.3875430000000001,"height":0.1227379999999999}},{"text":"New ECH contract from April 2022","bbox":{"left":0.095238,"top":0.664452,"width":0.341395,"height":0.018541999999999947}},{"text":"The current contracts for ECH care and \n support will end in April 2022 and \n Bristol City Council needs to find ECH care \n and support providers for the next \n contract period.","bbox":{"left":0.095238,"top":0.694594,"width":0.36341100000000004,"height":0.08710399999999996}},{"text":"The council has written a commissioning \n plan for the new care and support contracts \n in ECH. The ECH commissioning plan sets \n out what ECH services would be provided \n and how the council proposes to buy in \n those services from other organisations.","bbox":{"left":0.095238,"top":0.793785,"width":0.380348,"height":0.10492100000000004}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}