Decision details

Members received a report on the Adult Social Care Provider Fee Uplifts for 2024/25 and which sought approval for a percentage increase in fees for the various services set out in the recommendations.

RESOLVED -

That the Executive Board:

1)Approve a percentage increase in fees for the following services:

•       Residential and nursing care including Intermediate Care beds, fee increase of 8.48% effective from 1 April 2024.

•       A revised schedule of rates relating to the Residential and Nursing Care Quality Assurance scheme including a minimum fee increase of 8.48% as above.

•       Older People and Physical Disability Domiciliary Care, framework fee increase of 10.1% from £19.46 to £21.44 per hour in line with the Real Living Wage increase, effective from 1 April 2024.

•       Shared Lives, day support fee increase of 8.4% in line with the National Living Wage increase effective from 1 April 2024.

•       Shared Lives, weekly banding fee increase of 8.4% in line with National Living Wage increase effective from 1st April 2023.

•       LD Supported Living Providers, fee increase of 10.1% in line with Real living wage increase and equivalent to the hourly rate of domiciliary homecare providers. This represents an increase to £21.44 per hour effective from 1st April 2024.

•       Direct Payments, Personal Assistant, fee increase of 10.1% to £12.00 per hour in line with the Real Living Wage increases.

•       Direct Payments - it is proposed to revise the existing direct payment agency rates (standard, enhanced and exception), in line with Domiciliary rates proposed above.

2) Further approves that:

•       Supporting People and other specialist services commissioned on block contracts are increased by 4.7% in line with Consumer Price Index (CPI)

3) Further approves that:

•       The Extra Care schemes that are commissioned on a block contract basis will receive an uplift of 8.6% to support providers to pay at NLW effective from 1 April 2024 where they have been agreed in the contract.

•       Where 1:1 hours are contracted separately they will remain aligned to the domiciliary care rate of £21.44