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FAIRER CONTRIBUTIONS POLICY, CHARGING WITHIN A PERSONALISED SYSTEM

 

 

Meeting: 20/07/2010 - Health and Adult Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Panel (Item 26)

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To receive a report on the fairer contributions policy.

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Minutes:

The Portfolio Holder for Adult Health and Social Care outlined the content of the report. The Programme Lead for Putting People First and Integration reported that:-

 

  1. the paper was a response to new guidance from the Department of Health that required a new way of charging to be implemented;

 
  1. changes must be made although there would be discretionary elements which would be the basis of the statutory consultation period;

 
  1. as recommended in the report, key questions would be whether disability related benefits should be removed from assessable income, whether the maximum contribution should be set at 100% of the personal budget, whether transitional support be put in place to help those whose contributions could change and how best to inform people of a new charging policy;

 
  1. a comprehensive consultation process would take place, every person who was charged for a service would receive a letter explaining the proposed changes and have the opportunity to complete and return a questionnaire, there would be an office hours telephone line available to deal with queries and an online calculator to assess how changes might affect them. Consultation packs would be provided to community and voluntary groups and workshops were planned for early September.

 

In response to questions from members of the panel it was reported that:-

 

  1. the decision to include Disability Living Allowance and Disability Mobility Allowance as income was made in 2006;

 
  1. the proposal could lead to a loss of income in the region of £320,000, the figure was the result of a desktop exercise based on a small sample of service users. There were, however, likely to be efficiency savings from improved processes relating to charging a more detailed analysis would be provided at the end of the consultation process.

 

Agreed that:-

 

  1. Cabinet recommendations 27(1) of the 13 July 2010  are accepted and the proposal is added to the Project Initiation Document on Modernisation of Adult Social care being prepared for forwarding to the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board;

 
  1. a list of charities consulted would be made available to the panel.

 

Meeting: 13/07/2010 - Cabinet (Item 27)

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CMT Lead Officer: Director for Community Services

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Minutes:

The Director for Community Services submitted a written report.

 

Agreed to consult on the new guidance on charging for non-residential Adult Social Care services and to request that the Health and Adult Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Panel review the outcomes of the consultation prior to them being presented to Cabinet.