Decision Maker: Corporate Director of Health and Adult Services
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
To approve changes to charges for transport
and personal contributions to care costs to take effect 2019/20,
noting that full implementation of those changes will not take
place until April 2021. This is detailed in Appendix A of the
report to HAS Executive.
*PLEASE NOTE This decision was originally
published on or near the date of the decision and so call in no
longer applies. It has been re-published as part of the change in
committee management system that we use.*
In February 2018, the Council approved a list of savings projects
covering the period up to and beyond 2020. In October 2018,
approval was granted to carry out a full public consultation on
specific proposals around increasing charges for some
community-based services to be further explored.
The recommendations follow an extensive public consultation and
benchmarking with other councils. They will ensure that the charges
for care are carried out as set out in our policy and that people
who have two carers at the same time are not treated differently
who have two carers at different times. It will also mean that
users of transport will pay an increased contribution to the cost
of this – although the Council will still pay for the bulk of
the cost. The charges will also contribute towards the
council’s financial pressures.
Options were considered as part of the
consultation exercise.
Publication date: 09/04/2021
Date of decision: 14/05/2019