9 Residential Care Fees - Cost Rate Increase PDF 93 KB
[To approve the proposed increase for residential and nursing care rates paid by the City Council and to outline the methodology used to develop these new rates]
Decision:
That a revised cost rate for new and existing residential and nursing placements from 3 April 2017 in line with the increase in the National Living Wage which becomes effective 1 April 2017 and the revised Retail Price Index rate as of January 2017 be approved. The new rates are:
· Residential care £404.04
· Residential with dementia £454.44
· Nursing care £404.04
· Nursing with dementia £454.44
Minutes:
Cllr Sandra Samuels presented for approval a proposed increase for the residential and nursing care rates paid by the Council.
Cllr Andrew Johnson commented that this and the previous report reflected growth of £1.1 million that had been included in the 2017/18 budget to support the increase in costs associated with the National Living Wage across all care support plans.
Resolved:
That a revised cost rate for new and existing residential and nursing placements from 3 April 2017 in line with the increase in the National Living Wage which becomes effective 1 April 2017 and the revised Retail Price Index rate as of January 2017 be approved. The new rates are:
· Residential care £404.04
· Residential with dementia £454.44
· Nursing care £404.04
· Nursing with dementia £454.44