Issue - meetings

To submit the report of the Head of Adults’ Services.

It was RESOLVED :

·           To adopt the North Wales Fee Methodology as implemented hitherto by the Authorities in North Wales as a basis for setting fees in Anglesey during 2015/16;

·           To increase fee levels as noted in the table contained within the report;

·           To increase fee levels for high cost/low volume placements (i.e. Learning Disability/Mental Health/Substance Abuse and Physical Disability) arranged through the North Wales Commissioning Centre, namely an increase of 1.7% in core fees (up to £549) and 0% above that threshold for every resident in high cost placements as

agreed with the other North Wales Authorities and as approved by NWSSIC;

·           Approve an increase of 0% (as approved by NWSSIC on 27/02/15) in high cost placements for children and young people arranged through the North Wales Regional Commissioning Centre;

·           In line with other Authorities, authorize the Social Services and Finance Departments to respond to any requests from homes to explore their specific accounts and to utilize the exercise as a basis to consider any exceptions to the agreed fees;

·           To enable the Department to agree exceptions which can be met within their budgets in consultation with the Portfolio Holder.

Submitted – a report by the Head of Adult’s Services in relation to the above.

The Head of Adult’s Services reported that the Local Authority is required to review Independent Sector Care Home fees annually to coincide with Central Government’s changes to benefit and pension levels which come into effect on 7 April, 2015.  Throughout the work of developing the methodology, considerable emphasis is placed on enhancing quality of care provided for care home residents and the numbers residing therein.  This has included a review of the number of care, domestic and management hours required to support residents based on staff rota statistics from a number of care homes across the region.    The North Wales Methodology has recommended an increase of between 1.69% and 1.88% across the 4 categories of care.

It was RESOLVED :

·           To adopt the North Wales Fee Methodology as implemented hitherto by the Authorities in North Wales as a basis for setting fees in Anglesey during 2015/16;

·           To increase fee levels as noted in the table contained within the report;

·           To increase fee levels for high cost/low volume placements (i.e. Learning Disability/Mental Health/Substance Abuse and Physical Disability) arranged through the North Wales Commissioning Centre, namely an increase of 1.7% in core fees (up to £549) and 0% above that threshold for every resident in high cost placements as

agreed with the other North Wales Authorities and as approved by NWSSIC;

·           Approve an increase of 0% (as approved by NWSSIC on 27/02/15) in high cost placements for children and young people arranged through the North Wales Regional Commissioning Centre;

·           In line with other Authorities, authorize the Social Services and Finance Departments to respond to any requests from homes to explore their specific accounts and to utilize the exercise as a basis to consider any exceptions to the agreed fees;

·           To enable the Department to agree exceptions which can be met within their budgets in consultation with the Portfolio Holder.