This area of the council's website provides information of relevance to current and prospective providers of adult social care and support.
A refreshed market position statement will be published in due course.
Confirmed uplifts and rates/fees for 2021/22
Sandwell Council has confirmed its uplifts, rates and fees in relation to the following support types for 2021/22.
Residential
Increases from £455.90 per week 20/21 to £487.48 from 1 April 2022
Dementia Residential
Increases from £513.10 per week 20/21 to £548.59 from 1 April 2022
Nursing
Increases from £633.90* per week 20/21 to £687.36* from 1 April 2022
*Includes FNC Contributions
Dementia Nursing
Increases from £641.88* per week 20/21 to £694.79* from 1 April 2022
*Includes FNC Contributions
Enhanced Assessment Beds
Residential EAB rate increases from £564.35 per week 19/20 to £589.69 per week 20/21
Nursing EAB rate increases from £715.00 per week 19/20 to £742.17 per week 20/21
Home Care / Domiciliary Care
Sandwell Councils Framework Homecare / Domiciliary Care rate increases from £14.30 per hour in 19/20 to £14.92 per hour for 20/21.
Direct Payment Rate
Sandwell Council's Direct Payment rate increases from £13.92 per hour in 19/20 to £14.30 per hour for 20/21
Coronavirus (COVID-19) support
Providers can contact the COVID-19 Resilience Team, which also includes expertise from our Public Health team including experts in infection control. Contact the COVID 19 Resilience team via the COVID Portal
Alternatively you can contact them by email using COVID_Resilience@sandwell.gov.uk or by phone 0121 569 5214.
General commissioning contact details
For all general commissioning enquiries please email ASC_commissioning@sandwell.gov.uk