Issue details

Fair Price for Care – Residential & Nursing Care Fees

Purpose of Report: To advise the Cabinet Member of the negotiations undertaken with the Independent Care Group on proposals to increase fee levels for the 21012-13 financial year paid to independent sector residential and nursing homes and to report on work undertaken on a fee modelling exercise to assess a “Fair Price for Care” to inform subsequent years fee levels.
The report will ask the Cabinet Member to approve the proposed feel level increase for the 2012-13 financial year and note the work on a “Fair Price for Care” to inform subsequent years fee levels when setting budget s for 2013-14.

This item will now be considered by the Cabinet Member at a public meetig on  Thursday 27 September at 4.30pm.

Decision type: Non-key

Decision status: Decision Made

Wards affected: (All Wards);

Implication: Financial; Legal;

Level of Risk: 21-25 Register as corporate risk;

Decision due: 27/09/12 by Executive Leader (incorporating Housing & Safer Neighbourhoods))

Lead member: Executive Leader (incorporating Housing & Safer Neighbourhoods))

Lead director: Corporate Director of Children, Education and Communities

Department: Directorate of Adults, Children & Education

Contact: Graham Terry, Assistant Director Adult Provision and Transformation Graham Terry, Assistant Director (ACE) Tel: 01904 554004 E-mail:  graham.terry@york.gov.uk and Gary Brittain, Commissioning and Contracts Manager, Tel: 01904 554099, E-mail:  gary.brittain@york.gov.uk  graham.terry@york.gov.uk, Gary Brittain, Head of Commissioning and Contracts  gary.brittain@york.gov.uk.

Consultation process

Consultation has taken place with the Independent Care Group (ICG), the representative organisation of the majority of local care providers. The Council continues to be in regular dialogue with the ICG on this issue.

Consultees

Contact Report Author

Making Representations: By email to the report author.

 

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