How we're supporting care providers

Find out how we're supporting the care market - including our response to the Cost of Care reform.

Understanding the costs of care

Please see our response to the Department of Health and Social Care Market Sustainability, Fair Cost of Care Fund and Charging Policy Reform, 2022 to work with our care providers, in Lewisham, to better understand their costs for providing care:

Our response to the Minister of State for Care's request for information on the support we're offering to care homes in the borough

On 14 May, Minister of State for Care Helen Whately MP wrote to all local authorities to ask them to review the support they have in place for care homes and to complete a template and covering letter by 29 May 2020.

Our response highlights how we have continued to work closely with Care Home Providers and members of Lewisham Health and Care Partners to put in place a responsive support offer to care homes which includes training, tailored guidance and support, access to emergency personal protection equipment (PPE), clinical support and financial support.

Read our response from Kim Wright, our Chief Executive.

Helen Whately, MP - assurance letter, May 2020

Pdf, 244.5KB

You can find the following appendices below.

Appendix 1: London Region Appendix – a summary of the work across London and issues for the future are captured in the attached
Appendix 2: The support we've provided to care homes during COVID-19 – our response to support care homes in partnership with Lewisham Health and Care Partners
Appendix 3: Support for care homes template response submitted on 29/05/2020
Appendix 4: The Department for Health and Social Care have also asked that Local authorities complete the template below to show the funding which has been spent on support to care homes to date.

Appendix 1 - London region

Pdf, 320KB

Appendix 2 - Lewisham support

Pdf, 314KB

Appendix 3 - Support to care homes response

Excel, 44KB

Appendix 4: Funding spent on support for care homes to date

Support to providers that Lewisham has contracts with

	Domiciliary care (£s)	Residential care (£s)	Other provisions (£s)	Total spent* so far on supporting providers that Lewisham has contracts with in response to COVID-19 (£s)
Support being offered	37,3316	740,440	342,800	615,059

*Total spent means funding or support has already reached providers.

** Interpretation of “with contracts” to include “spot purchase” contracts for individual packages of care and/or placements.

Support to providers that Lewisham does not have contracts with

	Domiciliary care (£s)	Residential care (£s)	Other provisions (£s)	Total spent* so far on supporting providers that Lewisham does not have contracts with in response to COVID-19 (£s)
Support being offered	4,180	4,1 80	0	8,360

*Total spent means funding or support has already reached providers.

Published on: 25/04/2024