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.