Issue - meetings

The Cabinet gave consideration to a report of the Managing Director of Community Health and Social Care which sought approval of uplifts in the contract prices paid for various Adult Social Care services, backdated from April 2018.

Budget Council on the 28^th February 2018 agreed to additional revenue funding of £2.5 million to enable an increase in fees across adult social care services, to support providers with increases in the National Living Wage, other cost pressures and to support the Council in its statutory duty under the Care Act 2014.

The proposed utilisation of the additional funding was developed in partnership with NHS Oldham CCG.

Consultation

Two consultation documents were issued to providers, one for residential care and one for non-residential care, which included care at one, supporting living, extra care housing and personal assistants. The consultation was detailed at Appendix 1a and 1b to the report. The responses to the consultation were detailed in the report.

Options/Alternatives

Option 1 – Following consultation by officers, one option was consulted in relation to residential provision and one option for non- residential provision.

This the option presented to Cabinet.

Non-residential services

          The proposals included the requirement to pay staff on average £8.35 an hour, an increase of 4.4% on the current requirement to pay staff on average £8.00 an hour.

Residential services

Option 2 – Not to agree the proposals presented.

RESOLVED – That the increases in the fees payable for various adult social acre services, backdated to the 1^st April 2018 as detailed below be approved.

Non-residential services

Residential services