History of Social Care Providers

Dear Bo Jacobs

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Fatima Makken
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Dear Bo

Please can you provide clarification for the following;

Q2. What residential care setting or service is it relating to?

Kind Regards

Fatima Makken
Information Governance Officer
Email: [email address]
01254 585852

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Dear Bo Jacobs

Thank you for your request for information regarding ‘History of Social Care Providers’ (reference number 09724); please see our response attached/below. If you have any queries regarding your request for information then please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Q1:
1. The list of providers that the council has contracted to provide domiciliary/home care since 2011, with the accompanying dates.

2011 to 2014: No info

The framework from 2014 ran from June 2014 to 31st December 2017 and consisted of the following agencies:
Choicecare
CRG Homecare
Housing & Care 21 (later Novated to Ark and then to Guardian) Homecare for You Mears Care (contract handed back to council in 2016 after Mears Care stopped trading).

2018 contract ran from the 1st January 2018 to 18th December 2022 being:
Choicecare
CRG HomeCare (branch merged with Premier after both organisations transferred to Ceracare in 2022) Guardian Homecare for You Premier Care Willowbrook Icare Complete Care - contract handed back after approximately 6 months.

Dec 2022 - to date:
Blackburn with Darwen General Domiciliary Care Framework Operational Contact Details

Tier 1 General Framework Providers
Choicecare
Cherish
Delta Care
Guardian
Homecare for You
Icare
Curantis
Orchid

Tier 2 General Framework Providers
Willowbrook
Premier

Rural Framework Providers
Choicecare
Guardian
Orchid
Premier
Willowbrook

Q2:
2. The list or providers that the council has contracted to provide residential care since 2011, with the accompanying dates.

Residential & Nursing Care Homes:
2011 – 2014:
Birchfield Residential Home
The Franciscan Convent
Higher Bank Residential Home
Magdalene House Nursing Home
Northwood Nursing Home
Queens Lodge Nursing Home
Springfield Cottage
Acorn House Care Centre
Birch Hall Care Centre
Blakewater Lodge
Feniscliffe Bank Home for the Elderly
Greenways
Hawkhurst Care Centre
Higher Ravenswing
Hollymount Nursing & Residential Home
Linden House Residential Home
Longfield
Longshaw House
Moorland View
Oldfield Manor
Oldfield House
Sandy Brook Residential Home
St James House
Springfield Nursing & Residential Home
Thorncliffe
Whitecliffe Care Centre
Branch Court Care Home

Residential & Nursing Care Homes:
2015 to date:
Acorn House Care Centre
Almond Villas Ltd - Dukes Brow
Almond Villas - Lancaster House
Almond Villas - Pritchard Street
Andrews Court Care Home
Birch Hall Care Centre
Birchfield Residential Care Home
Branch Court Care Home
Clifton Lawns
Dixon House
Eachstep
Feng Shui Care Home
Franciscan Convent
Hawkhurst Care Centre
Florence House
Higher Bank Residential Home
Hollymount Residential Home
Linden House Care Home
Longfield Residential Home (CLOSED DEC 2021) Magdalene House Moorland View Care Home Northwood Nursing and Residential Old Gates Nursing Home Oldfield House Care Home Oldfield Manor Care Home Queens Lodge Nursing Home Ravenswing Manor Fosse Bank House Sandybrook Care Home Springfield Care Home Springfield Cottage Residential Home (Contract Terminated June 2023) St James House Thorncliffe Care Home

Residential & Nursing Care Homes:
2015 to date:
Countrywide Care Homes Limited - Acorn House Care Centre Almond Villas Ltd - Almond Villas - Dukes Brow Almond Villas Ltd – Almond Villas - Lancaster House Almond Villas Ltd - Almond Villas - Pritchard Street Andrews Court Care Limited - Andrews Court Care Home Grange Healthcare Ltd - Birch Hall Care Centre - Birchfield Residential Care Home Krinvest Care Group - Branch Court Care Home Oakleaf Care Limited - Clifton Lawns SMS Care Ltd - Dixon House
Park Homes Ltd - Eachstep
Feng Shui Care Home - Blackburn Franciscan Missionaries of St. Joseph - Franciscan Convent Primelife - Hawkhurst Care Centre Ivolve Care Holdings Ltd - Heathcotes – Florence House - Higher Bank Residential Home
Longfield (Care Homes) Limited - Hollymount Residential Home
Linden House Residential Home Ltd - Linden House Care Home Longfield Residential Home (CLOSED DEC 2021) - Magdalene House Boldlawn Ltd - Moorland View Care Home TOB Care Limited - Northwood Nursing and Residential Care Priory Court Developments Ltd - Old Gates Nursing Home Crown Care Homes Limited - Oldfield House Care Home Crown Care Homes Limited - Oldfield Manor Care Home Fern Holdings Limited - Queens Lodge Nursing Home Ravenswing Homes Limited - Ravenswing Manor Achieve Together Limited - Fosse Bank House Primelife - Sandybrook Care Home Four Seasons Health Care (England) Limited - Springfield Care Home DTM Partnership - Springfield Cottage Residential Home (Contract Terminated June 2023) St James House Residential Care Home - St James House Crown Care Homes Limited - Thorncliffe Care Home

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Heather Wolstenholme
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