A report by the Director of Adult Social Services advised Cabinet of progress on the consultation with providers of personal support and residential and nursing home care in response to the resolutions it made at its meeting of 9th December 2009.

The Cabinet was asked to decide on whether to implement a variation to the contract to avoid paying inflation for residential and nursing home care in 2010-11.

RESOLVED: That

(1)  the consultation with providers be noted and the development of personal support contracts as set out in the report, be agreed;

(2)  contracts for residential and nursing care be varied in accordance with Clause 18 of the Contract for the provision of residential and nursing home care so that price inflation is not applied in 2010-11, and

(3)  it be noted that the payment of an increase for inflation for Domiciliary Care, Supporting Living and Direct Payments would be implemented from 1 April 2010.