Issue - meetings

The Director of Health and Wellbeing submitted for consideration a proposal to increase the Resource Allocation System (RAS) scorecard to reflect the impact of inflation.

The aim of the RAS, linked to the allocation of personal budgets, was to provide a clear and rational way to calculate how much money it was likely to cost to meet a person’s assessed needs as determined in their support plan.

The RAS had to be revised each year to take account of changes in Social Care budgets and support costs.  It should take account of key cost drivers affecting personal budgets and not just the overall Adult Social Care budget.  The ADASS Framework advised that future proofing the RAS would need to be determined locally taking account of the local financial climate.

At the moment, the key cost drivers were the costs of Independent Sector Community Based Services.  The Council’s inflation provisions for these cost drivers had been increased by an average of 1.57% and, therefore, proposed that the RAS scorecard be increased accordingly.

The rates were set out in Appendix 1 of the report submitted.

Resolved:-  That the Resource Allocation System be increased by 1.57% for the 2013/14 financial year, the rates as set out in Appendix 1 of the report submitted.