Issue - meetings

Report of the Strategic Director of Adult Care and Housing

Cabinet Member:     Councillor Roche (in advisory role)

Commissioner:         Myers

Recommendation:

That approval be given to Option 3 (set out in section 7.1) of an annual inflationary uplift of 6% on the two lowest existing hourly rates, a 3.92% increase on all other existing hourly rates; and a 3.92% inflationary uplift to the night visiting contract value from 6 April 2017-18. 

Consideration was given to the report which sought agreement to the level of increase in the hourly rate paid to contracted Independent Sector Community and Home Care Services (Domiciliary Care) providers for the financial year 2017-18. 

There were 3 options put forward in this paper with the recommendation that option 3 be approved and if approved could see current providers of community and home care services receive a variable percentage increase on existing hourly rates ranging from 0% up to 6%, and a uniform uplift for all current providers of night visiting services of 3.92%

The details of cost, associated impact, risks and how the recommended options was arrived at were set out in detail as part of the report.

Commissioner Myers agreed:-  That Option 3 be approved (set out in section 7.1) for an annual inflationary uplift of 6% on the two lowest existing hourly rates, a 3.92% increase on all other existing hourly rates; and a 3.92% inflationary uplift to the night visiting contract value from 6th April, 2017. 

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