The Executive Meeting considered the outcome of the 2014 consultation with Care Home providers in relation to the charges for care for residential and nursing care for older people and adults with a mental health disorder and then agreed that
· the standard costs of care for detailed in the table at 4.4.1 of the report be approved as the basis for 2014/15 charges with an effective implementation date of 7 April 2014;
· the intention to move to a multi-year settlement in future years be endorsed; and
· the “No Top-Up Guarantee” scheme be removed from within the above proposal with effect from 7 April 2014.