Decision Maker: Corporate Director of Health and Adult Services
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
To award the Care Market Representative
contract to the Independent Care Group. This will be a contract
term of 3 years + 2 years. This implements the earlier key decision
taken on the 28 June 2024 which gave approval to procure a care
market representative organisation to support the care market of
North Yorkshire. The decision was made in consultation with Cllr
Harrison executive Member Health and Adult Services, Anton Hodge AD
Resources and Abi Barron AD Prevention and Service
Development.
A Care Market Representative (CMR)
organisation’s purpose is to collaborate with the wide range
of adult social care providers and wider stakeholders supporting
the people of North Yorkshire. It should encourage the development
of the care industry across North Yorkshire and nationally, when
appropriate.
It should represent the interests of all independent care
providers, including voluntary sector providers, in North
Yorkshire. Ensuring effective, objective representative
consultation and feedback on all appropriate developments and
issues affecting social care provision in North Yorkshire.
The current organisation is a membership organisation for partners
and providers across the social care market in North Yorkshire and
York. The purpose of the organisation is to keep members involved
and informed across a whole range of quality, safety, finance, and
business operating aspects. The organisation is engaged and
contributes to local operational and system wide discussions. They
are engaged on matters affecting the care market in North Yorkshire
and represents the care market in negotiations around care
fees.
Without a CMR, given the size of the Care Market in North
Yorkshire, it would be difficult for the Council to effectively
engage with the care market on such matters as service
developments, market shaping and transformation, policy changes and
market wide fee negotiations
The Council has a legal requirement under the Care Act to develop
and implement local approaches to market-shaping and commissioning
and having a Care Market Representative will assist the Council in
meeting its obligations.
Not awarding the contract would mean Health
and Adult Services would not have a care market representative to
engage with on issues/matters relating to the care market in North
Yorkshire. This will mean that the Council would have no consistent
process for engaging with the whole care market on issues such as
care fees and other cross market decisions.
Publication date: 01/10/2024
Date of decision: 25/09/2024