Officer Decisions
Joint Associate Director of Commissioning - Tim Golby
Each year the Council determines the inflation to be applied to contracts. This decision relates to all contracts other than Care Home fees. The latter is subject to a separate consultation process and, thus, a separate decision.
For regulated personal care within the Living Well at Home contract, an uplift of 3.15%
For regulated personal care that is outside that contract an uplift of 3.15% but capped at a maximum of £16.84
For unregulated care (enabling) an uplift of 2.15% up to a maximum of £16.32
For shared hours agreements for Supported Living an uplift of 2.15% to a maximum of £16.34
For Day Opportunities an uplift of 2.15% on the price agreed with eh provider following acceptance to the Select Supplier List
The regulated personal care Living Well at Home (LWAH) contract has a formula built into it which calculates the uplift, taking account of CPI and changes to NMW and NLW. This has been applied
The cap on spot contracts outside this contract is consistent with our decision last year and reflects the different requirements of the LWAH contract and recognises that providers have the option to request a transition of their contracts to the LWAH service and thus increase their rates.
The rate of increase for all other contracts reflects the different nature of those services, in particular the lower travel time and costs involved and the lower volumes they deal with.
In all cases the effects of NMW and NLW increases have been considered
The LWAH increase is contractually defined and no alternative options would have been possible
For other contract two considerations were made:
a) not to apply any inflationary uplift – this was felt to be unreasonable, especially in the context of increases to the NMW and NLW
b) to inflate at the same rate as LWAH – it was determined that different business models and cost structures apply and for regulated providers the option exists to seek to transition to that contract and achieve a higher unit rate
None
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