Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Director of Adult Social Services on the outcome of the consultation undertaken on charges for non-residential services and seeking approval for changes proposed to the charging and contributions policy framework and to service user contributions.

Proposals for changes to charges for non-residential adult social care services have been the subject of extensive consultation.  As the final stage of this process a working group of the Scrutiny Board (Health and Wellbeing and Adult Social Care) met on 12 April.  The outcome of that meeting is to be signed off by all who attended, both Elected Members and service users. 

To allow the appropriate inclusion of their comments within the report it has been agreed that this report will be published as soon as possible and dealt with as a Late Item. 

The Director of Adult Social Services submitted a report which presented the outcomes arising from the consultation undertaken on the review of charges for non-residential adult social care services and which made recommendations for changes to such charges.

Following the presentation of the report, the Board noted the difficult decisions which needed to be made in respect of charges for non-residential Adult Social Care services, given the current economic climate.

Members welcomed the thorough consultation exercise which had been undertaken in respect of this matter, and the changes which had been made in response to the feedback received during that exercise.

RESOLVED –

(a)  That the outcomes of the consultation and the way in which such outcomes have been addressed, as set out within sections 4 to 6 of the submitted report, be noted.

(b)  That  the outcomes of the Equality Impact Assessment and the way in which such outcomes have been addressed, as set out in section 9.2 of the submitted report, be noted.

(c)  That the changes to charges for non-residential services, as set out within section 5 of the submitted report, be approved.

(d)  That the revised Adult Social Care Charging and Contributions Policy Framework, as set out within Appendix 9 to the submitted report, be approved.

(e)  That the Care Ring and Telecare Eligibility and Prioritisation Policy, as set out within Appendix 10 to the submitted report, be approved.

(Under the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 16.5, Councillor A Carter required it to be recorded that he voted against the decisions taken within this minute specifically regarding charges to the Care Ring (Pendant Alarm) service and the Care Ring and Mobile Response service)