Complex care packages contracts

• The five suppliers that won the most complex care packages contracts took 31% of them (16 of 51).
• The median contract, £416k, is 48% above the median across social care contracts (£281k).
• South East had the most contracts: 41, or 80% of the total.

1. 1Hampshire County Council41 contracts£19.8m
2. 2NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board3 contracts—
3. 3NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board2 contracts£1.5m
4. 4NHS Devon Integrated Care Board2 contracts£386k
5. 5London Borough of Lambeth1 contract£130k
6. 6Falkirk Council1 contract—
7. 7NHS Suffolk/Norfolk commissioning bodies1 contract—

1. 1Kope-Medics4 contracts£1.5m
2. 2Appletree Support Ltd3 contracts£1.5m
3. 3Bluebird Care (Carlisle & Dumfries)3 contracts£1.5m
4. 4The Rose Road Association3 contracts£1.5m
5. 5Third Hand Healthcare Ltd3 contracts£1.5m
6. 6Whispers Care Solutions Limited3 contracts£1.5m
7. 7JJR CARE LTD3 contracts£1.5m
8. 8Newcross Healthcare3 contracts£1.5m
9. 9Bluebird Care North Hampshire & West Berkshire3 contracts£1.5m
10. 10Request Services Ltd3 contracts£1.5m

Latest

• Complex Domiciliary (Home) Care Service – Adults & Children and Young People (Lot 20) (official notice, opens in a new tab)

  Value not published

  NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board to OneCall24 · Awarded 29 July 2026

• Care Support Services for Children with a Disability - CS26605D - Complex Support (Health Needs) (official notice, opens in a new tab)

  £416k

  Hampshire County Council to Newcross Healthcare · Awarded 15 July 2026

• Care Support Services for Children with a Disability - CS26605C - Complex Support (Behavioural Needs) (official notice, opens in a new tab)

  £630k

  Hampshire County Council to Newcross Healthcare · Awarded 15 July 2026

Largest

• Continuing Health Care including Children's Packages (official notice, opens in a new tab)

  £1.5m

  NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board to Stonewood Complex Care Ltd · Awarded 15 December 2025

• Care Support Services for Children with a Disability - CS26605C - Complex Support (Behavioural Needs) (official notice, opens in a new tab)

  £630k

  Hampshire County Council to Whispers Care Solutions Limited · Awarded 15 July 2026

• Care Support Services for Children with a Disability CS26605B - Enhanced Support (official notice, opens in a new tab)

  £416k

  Hampshire County Council to Whispers Care Solutions Limited · Awarded 15 July 2026

• Care Support Services for Children with a Disability - CS26605D - Complex Support (Health Needs) (official notice, opens in a new tab)

  £416k

  Hampshire County Council to Whispers Care Solutions Limited · Awarded 15 July 2026

Home care packages for adults or children with complex health, neurological or behavioural needs, delivered by specially trained care workers, usually under NHS continuing healthcare or a separate complex lot.

• Complex and bespoke home care lots
• CHC complex domiciliary care for adults and children
• Home care for progressive degenerative conditions
• Home support for children with complex health needs
• Home care where positive behaviour support is clinically recommended

• Standard domiciliary packages (soc.home.domiciliary-home-care)
• Live-in care packages (soc.home.live-in-care)
• Stand-alone positive behaviour support services (soc.supp.positive-behaviour-support)
• Short breaks for disabled children at home (soc.carer.community-activity-short-breaks-disabled-children)
• Community and district nursing (another industry: healthcare)

• Home care
• Discharge to assess