Hounslow Council written statement of Action Addendum December 2023
Following the monitoring meeting held on 28th September 2023, colleagues from the Department for Education and NHS England convened to agree revised action content and dates for key actions 3.2.2 and 4.3.3 of the WSOA due to no longer procuring a new provider for Childrens Therapies and instead developing the model with the current provider.
These are shown in the table below.
1. Key Action: 4.3.2 Undertake a full and comprehensive commissioning review to develop new model of therapies for SEND
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Ref |
Strategic Lead |
Milestone |
Due date |
Revised date |
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Key action: 4.3.2 |
Borough Director for Commissioning |
Undertake a full and comprehensive commissioning review to develop new model of therapies for SEND |
Aug-23 |
Apr-24 |
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4.3.2.4 |
Borough Director for Commissioning |
Finalise a commissioning strategy and prospectus for the next 3 to 5 years and secure approval for this through existing governance processes |
Jan-23 |
Apr-24 |
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4.3.2.5 |
Borough Director for Commissioning |
Sign off Business Case to obtain longer term re- occurrent funding to improve current service offer for therapies and reduce the backlog. |
|
Mar-24 |
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4.3.2.6 |
Borough Director for Commissioning |
Refreshed service specification and contract framework are signed off linked to a suite of KPIs on service delivery and impact on outcomes for children, to implement the agreed service delivery model. Performance will be reported to both the Childrens Therapies Board and Joint Area SEND Board |
Aug-23 |
Apr-24 |
2. Key action: 4.3.3 Implement a new model of service delivery for OT/ SALT
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Ref |
Strategic Lead |
Milestone |
Due date |
Revised date |
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Key action: 4.3.3 |
Borough Director for Commissioning |
Implement a new model of service delivery for OT/ SALT |
Aug-23 |
Apr-24 |
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4.3.3.1 |
Borough Director for Commissioning |
Sign off Special Schools agreement to be able to deliver integrated therapies within their curriculum. |
Aug-23 |
Oct-23 |
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4.3.3.2 |
Borough Director for Commissioning |
A new demand-led framework will be developed for mainstream schools to commission Occupational Therapy and Speech and Language Therapy. This framework to be developed via collaboration with those relevant parties and will be overseen via the SEND Therapies Board. |
Aug-23 |
Apr-24 |
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4.3.3.3 |
Borough Director for Commissioning |
A new contract management framework, linked to a suite of KPIs on service delivery and impact on outcomes for children, will be implemented for the service delivery model. Performance will be reported to both the Joint SEND Area Board and the Borough Based Partnership |
Aug-23 |
Apr-24 |
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4.3.3.4 |
Borough Director for Commissioning |
Implement a review and learn approach to the new commissioned service, linked to a QA system on effectiveness of the new model of delivery with the outcome of audits and assurance exercises being reported to the Joint SEND Area Board and the Borough Based Partnership |
Aug-23 |
Apr-24 |
