Report to make recommendations for residential and nursing fee setting for 2014/15

Councillor Chris Jones presented a report by the Director for Adult Social Services that set out the outcome of consultation with care home providers on the 2014-15 care home fees and proposed the fee levels for 2014-15

The rates offered in the proposal were summarised in the table below:

Attached to the report was:

·  Appendix 1 - Detailed calculations; and

·  Appendix 2 – Fee comparisons.

Councillor Phil Davies informed that a huge amount of work had gone into this report and he thanked those officers who had led on it.

RESOLVED: That

(1)  the content of the report and the proposed Fee levels for 2014-15 as detailed above be agreed;

(2)  officers be requested to give consideration to the ongoing nature of year on year fee setting and the need for continued provider engagements, so that the Council remains in focus in relation to this important aspect of service provisions; and

(3)  the outcome of engagement with mental health and learning disability care home providers be reported to the June 2014 Cabinet meeting.