Decision details

This report seeks approval to implement revised local authority rates for new care placements in older people’s residential and nursing care placements and to delegate the necessary authority to the Director – Adult Social Care to implement the necessary changes and work with providers, partners and practitioners to safely and sustainably deliver the changes.

Cabinet agreed:

1.             To apply a Bristol Rate for new placements from early July 2018 calculated through a fair cost of care exercise and benchmarking

2.             To apply an exceptional Bristol Rate in specified circumstances (residential £749 maximum and nursing £763 maximum)

3.       To delegate authority to the Director – Adult Social Care to implement the necessary changes to introduce the new rates.

4.       To note that for nursing placements, under national legislation the CCG pays for the Funded Nursing Care element of the placement at a rate of £158.16 per week from 1st April 2018. This takes the total cost of a Bristol rate nursing home placement to £864.16.