Carl Anthony OWSTON · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Issued 18 Dec 2023•West Sussex, Brighton and Hove

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Concerns
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Recipients
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Responses found
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Stated actions
6

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Recipients and published responses

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Concerns and recipient responses

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Concerns raised1

  1. Lack of available care providers and carers

Stated actions An action is something a recipient says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to a concern raised.6

  1. Department of Health and Social Care

    Consult on the strategic-planning duty for specialist and supported housing.

  2. Department of Health and Social Care

    Make additional funding available to increase adult social care capacity, improve workforce recruitment and retention, reduce waiting times, and increase provider fee rates.

  3. Department of Health and Social Care

    Support construction of specialist and supported housing through capital subsidies and the Affordable Homes programme.

  4. Department of Health and Social Care

    Invest in a pilot training programme for senior local authority commissioners to strengthen strategic planning and market-shaping skills.

  5. Department of Health and Social Care

    Set national standards for local authority commissioners to clarify good commissioning expectations and improve consistency.

  6. Department of Health and Social Care

    Introduce a duty requiring local authorities to complete strategic plans for specialist and supported housing needs and delivery.

Respondent positions A position is what a recipient says about a concern when it does not describe a specific action.1

  1. Department of Health and Social Care

    Local authorities are responsible for understanding and planning local care-market needs because they are best placed to do so.

    Redirects responsibilityThe respondent said that another organisation was responsible for deciding or taking action.

Source evidence

How this individual concern was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Lack of available care providers and carers

Wider context from the report

“Mr. Owston had a Care Package commissioned for him by Brighton and Hove City Council. They were unable to find a Care provider willing to provide the service due to a shortage of care providers and carers nationwide. The lack of carers and care providers could well lead to people in future not receiving the care they need with fatal results. ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

No recurring-concern membership is currently published.

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How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Consult on the strategic-planning duty for specialist and supported housing.

Verbatim wording from the response

“Furthermore, to ensure local authorities are always aware of local demand for specialist and supported housing (and the accompanying care & support services), the government has recently introduced a new duty on local authorities, through the Supported Housing Act 2023, to complete strategic plans for this part of the market. These plans will include forecasting the future supported housing need for all groups in the area, including for people with mental ill-health and those experiencing homelessness, and will set out a delivery plan on how they will meet this need. The government is consulting on this duty soon.”

Source location

Response from Department of Health and Social Care
Page 2 · response
Published 29 December 2023

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How this respondent action was interpreted

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Make additional funding available to increase adult social care capacity, improve workforce recruitment and retention, reduce waiting times, and increase provider fee rates.

Verbatim wording from the response

“Firstly, the government has made available up to £8.6 billion in additional funding over this financial year and next to support adult social care and discharge. This includes the Market Sustainability and Improvement Fund (MSIF) and the MSIF Workforce Fund, which are worth almost £2 billion over two years and are designed to support local authorities to increase adult social care capacity by targeting improvements in workforce recruitment and retention, reduce waiting times and increase fee rates paid to providers in their local areas. The MSIF Workforce Fund includes a particular focus on workforce pay.”

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Response from Department of Health and Social Care
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Published 29 December 2023

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How this respondent action was interpreted

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Support construction of specialist and supported housing through capital subsidies and the Affordable Homes programme.

Verbatim wording from the response

“The government is also committed to supporting the construction of new specialist and supported housing. This includes through our Care and Support Specialised Housing Fund (CASSH), which provides capital subsidies to providers and, alongside this, the £11.5bn Affordable Homes programme (2021-26) (for England) which includes the delivery of new supported housing.”

Source location

Response from Department of Health and Social Care
Page 2 · response
Published 29 December 2023

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How this respondent action was interpreted

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Invest in a pilot training programme for senior local authority commissioners to strengthen strategic planning and market-shaping skills.

Verbatim wording from the response

“We are also investing in a pilot training programme for senior local authority commissioners to help local areas with developing their strategic planning skills and to ensure they have the data they need to shape their markets well.”

Source location

Response from Department of Health and Social Care
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Published 29 December 2023

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How this respondent action was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Set national standards for local authority commissioners to clarify good commissioning expectations and improve consistency.

Verbatim wording from the response

“We are also committed to supporting local authorities with shaping their care markets and commissioning for all diverse local needs,. While local authorities are best placed to understand and plan for the needs of their populations, there are elements of good market shaping practice that can be universally applied, such as using population and market data to inform commissioning decisions and working effectively with providers to plan for meeting future demand. That is why, in Next steps to put people at the heart of care (2023), we committed to setting national standards for commissioners: to set clear expectations of what good commissioning looks like and to drive greater consistency across the country.”

Source location

Response from Department of Health and Social Care
Page 2 · response
Published 29 December 2023

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How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Introduce a duty requiring local authorities to complete strategic plans for specialist and supported housing needs and delivery.

Verbatim wording from the response

“Furthermore, to ensure local authorities are always aware of local demand for specialist and supported housing (and the accompanying care & support services), the government has recently introduced a new duty on local authorities, through the Supported Housing Act 2023, to complete strategic plans for this part of the market. These plans will include forecasting the future supported housing need for all groups in the area, including for people with mental ill-health and those experiencing homelessness, and will set out a delivery plan on how they will meet this need. The government is consulting on this duty soon.”

Source location

Response from Department of Health and Social Care
Page 2 · response
Published 29 December 2023

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How this respondent position was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Local authorities are responsible for understanding and planning local care-market needs because they are best placed to do so.

Verbatim wording from the response

“Under the Care Act (2014), local authorities have the duty to promote the efficient and effective operation of their care market and deliver a range of care and support services to meet diverse local needs. They must have regard to current and future demand for care and support services and consider how providers will meet that demand, including through fostering a workforce with the appropriate skills. I understand that Brighton and Hove Council have plans to address the lack of care provision in their market, including the necessary accommodation, and accompanying care & support services for those with mental health needs.”

Source location

Response from Department of Health and Social Care
Page 1 · response
Published 29 December 2023

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