The collapse of a joint procurement framework for children's residential care involving seven local authorities across the North East of England has raised concerns over whether government plans to move to regional commissioning of children's social care services should be re-evaluated.
The NE12 education, health, and care (EHC) framework (see below), set up by procurement solutions organisation NEPO in 2016, will come to an end in March 2024 due to concerns over the “complexity” of the care market.
The framework was created in a bid to increase regional access to placements in residential children's homes, special schools and colleges and short breaks services and has been led by Newcastle City Council for the last eight years, with seven of the 12 authorities in the region participating in it.
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