Decision details
Trailblazer Programme - future arrangements
Decision Maker: Corporate Director of Health and Adult Services
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
To review future arrangements for the
Trailblazer Programme in light of the announcement by the
Department of Health and Social Care that the programme is to be
paused.
Decision:
The Corporate Director for Health and Adult
Services in consultation with the Corporate Director Strategic
Resources and Executive Member for Health and Adult Services noted
the formal ending of the Trailblazer Programme. It was agreed that
some work which began as part of the project will continue where
appropriate, and within existing budgets, to ensure that lessons
learned during our participation can help to deliver value for
money in service provision.
Reasons for the decision:
In 2021, the government published proposals to
change how much people would have to pay for social care. North
Yorkshire had agreed to be one of six “Trailblazers”
for the new proposals and has been working with those other
councils and the DHSC to look at the impact of the proposals.
On 17 November 2022, as part of the Autumn Statement, the
government announced that it was delaying the implementation of the
changes for at least two years.
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has subsequently
formally stood down the Trailblazer project. Funding allocated to
NYCC as a Trailblazer in 2022/23 will not have to be returned but
there will be no further allocations for now.
Alternative options considered:
N/A
Publication date: 14/03/2023
Date of decision: 10/03/2023
Effective from: 20/03/2023