Decision details

The Director of Adults and Health will be asked to approve a variation to the Community Home Care Contract to enable a payment to be made to providers to cover a period of up to 2 weeks whilst a service user who is receiving a home care service is in hospital. Currently, no payment is made to a provider once a service user is admitted to hospital which can cause difficulties in providers retaining staff and care packages being resumed once the service user is ready to be discharged. The payment will be made at the contracted rate per hour for the number of hours of care normally provided to that service user and for a period of up to 2 weeks. Payment will be made subject to providers ensuring staff receive their normal wage payment they would have received if the service user they are providing the service for had not gone into hospital. There will also be an expectation that a provider resumes the service immediately the service user is due to be discharged from hospital within the 2 week period.

The Director of Adults and Health approved the recommendation for a variation to the contracts and framework agreements to enable a payment of up to 14 days to a provider to continue to cover a period when a service user has been admitted to hospital.

The Director of Adults and Health noted that the variation to the contracts and framework agreements will be implemented by the Commissioning Manager in Adults and Health in conjunction with the legal officers in Procurement and Commercial Services. 

The Executive Member for Health, Wellbeing and Adults will be consulted.

Councillor Charlwood, Executive Member for Health, Wellbeing and Adults