Issue - decisions

The Executive considered the outcome of a review of Council fees for care homes and care homes with nursing care and agreed the following proposals:-

·         the proposed fee uplift as detailed in the table below for the current financial year with an effective implementation date of 6 April 2015

·         a joint strategic commissioning strategy within the Stockport Together Programme be developed ahead of the development of further formal pooled budget arrangements on 1 April 2016;

·         a light touch review be undertaken in February 2016 to take into account the final settlement for social care locally and to incorporate where appropriate the work of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services’ North West Finance & Resources Group to clarify the potential scale of the financial impact of the National Living Wage on social care budgets across the region.