Social Care - Assisted Living

31 August 2022

Your request

1. A list of all your approved providers with:

  • care homes
  • domiciliary care
  •  supported accommodation

2. Confirm how many placements are made every month for single persons:

  • care homes
  • domiciliary care
  • supported accommodation

3. How many single persons placements are awaiting placements for:

  • care homes
  • domiciliary care
  • supported accommodation

4. How many single persons placements are currently housed or accommodate for?

  • care homes
  • domiciliary care
  • supported accommodation

5. Confirmation of how you decide which provider to proceed with for placing single people for:

  • care homes
  • domiciliary care
  • supported accommodation

Our response

1. We have a block contract with listed providers and spot purchase based on individual needs

Domiciliary care


Our APL providers for home care:

  • Allied Healthcare
  • Alternative Care Services
  • Beverley Martins Social Care Agency
  • Capital Homecare
  • Carepoint Services Limited
  • Classique Care Services
  • Jim & Chris Homecare Limited formerly Caremark Lambeth
  • Daryel Care (Kaamil Education LTD)
  • Emerald Care Services (UK) Ltd
  • Essence2Care
  • Finch Support Services
  • Healthcare Professionals
  • Harmony Home Aid Services Ltd/north surrey group Services Ltd
  • Holistic Community Care Ltd
  • Independent Community Care Services
  • Impeccable Health Care Services
  • Lambeth Chinese Community Association
  • Lifecome Care Ltd
  • London Care/HFH Homecare
  • Medacs Homecare
  • Metro Home Care (formerly Thames Homecare Services)
  • MiHomecare
  • MMR Homecare
  • My Home Care Wandsworth
  • Oasis Care and Training Agency - Sorag
  • Penrose Options
  • Servesoul Limited Proctor House
  • Supreme Care
  • Sevacare (Mayfair)
  • Stockwellcare Support Services
  • The Rathbone Centre
  • Unique Personnel
  • Westminster Homecare - Medichoice
  • Youth Graces UK Ltd

Supported accommodation

  • Notting Hill Genesis
  • One Housing
  • Mayfair Homecare 

2. Monthly placements

  • care homes – 15 per month (Based on 2021-22 Long Term Admission)
  • domiciliary care – 72 per month
  • supported accommodation – 5 per month

3. Single persons awaiting placements:

  • care homes - 41
  • domiciliary care – 5
  • supported accommodation – 5

4. Single persons placements - housed:

  • care homes - 839
  • domiciliary care - 2124
  • supported accommodation - 256


5. Providers are identified dependent on CQC ratings, vacancies, and whether they can meet the needs of the client and considering best value.

  • care homes- primarily based on the need of the client, approved providers, CQC rating, client choice and availability of placement
  • domiciliary care - primarily based on the need of the client, CQC rating, client choice and providers need to be on Lambeth’s Approved Provider List (APL)
  • supported accommodation- primarily based on the need of the client, approved providers, CQC rating, client choice and availability of placement