Decision details

Home Care and Day Care Fee Proposals for 2023-24

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

Detailed proposals for fee uplifts for Home Care and Day Care commissioned services for 2023-24

Decision:

          RESOLVED: to agree to

 

1)    make an inflationary increase of 9.2% for independent sector home care provision from 1 April 2023;

 

2)    increase travel/visit rates by an average of 9% from 1 April 2023;

 

3)    increase the fee rate for in house home care and extra care provision from 1st April 2023 by 9.2%;

 

4)    make an inflationary increase of up to 9.2% for specialist home care placements where evidence is provided of inflationary pressures; and

 

5)    make a standard inflationary increase of 9% for day care provision for individual commissioned placements made with providers on the Council’s Day Care Framework from 1 April 2023.

Report author: Colin Selbie

Publication date: 06/04/2023

Date of decision: 06/04/2023

Decided at meeting: 06/04/2023 - Cabinet

Effective from: 18/04/2023

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