Decision details
*Re-published: call-in no longer applies* Fee Uplifts for 2015 - 2016
Decision Maker: Corporate Director of Health and Adult Services
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
Decision:
To agree an uplift of 1% for fee levels in
2015-16
Specifically the standard fee levels for care homes within North
Yorkshire will be:
Residential £475.93 a week
Nursing £426.30 a week (plus Funded Nursing Care)
1% uplift to those providers not covered by full life of contract
costs
For out of county placements we honour an uplift agreed by the host
authority where they have undertaken an Actual Cost of Care
exercise, and will consider individual business cases where there
is no Actual Cost of Care exercise in place
Reasons for the decision:
*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.*
The Care Act requires Local Authorities to ensure a Sustainable
market for care and support. Care Act Guidance makes it clear that
councils must take account of costs in setting fee levels.
The uplift of 1% reflects inflationary costs based on the formula
agreed as part of the settlement of the Judicial Review received in
2012. The formula uses data from nationally produced indices of
wage levels and prices.
The result of consultation undertaken with providers indicates that
58% of providers agree with the proposed increase.
Alternative options considered:
The settlement of the Judicial Review set out the commitment ot
increase care home fees in line with the formula, so no alternative
was considered for these contracts.
For other contracts the other options considered were
• Pay no uplift given the budgetary considerations of the
Directorate.
• Use a similar process to that of 2013/14 and ask providers
to indicate by means of financial information the justification for
uplift.
These were rejected on the basis they would
• Not take account of the responsibility to ensure
sustainability of the market
• Would likely to lead to significant numbers of individual
requests which would be onerous to administer for both providers
and the council
Publication date: 11/05/2021
Date of decision: 21/05/2015