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(1) 
That a percentage increase in fees be approved for the following
services, effective from 1st April 2025:
 

·      
Residential and nursing care including Intermediate Care Beds, fee
increase of 5.79%.

·      
Older People and Physical disability Domiciliary Care Framework fee
increase of 7.2% from £21.44 to £22.98 per hour.

·      
Shared Lives, fee increase of 5% on bandings.

·      
Shared Lives daytime support 6.7% from £11.44 to £12.21
per hour.

·      
LD Supported Living Providers; fee increase of 7.2% (equivalent to
the hourly rate of domiciliary homecare providers) from
£21.44 to £22.98 per hour.

·      
Direct Payments, Personal Assistant, fee increase of 5% to
£12.60 per hour.

·      
Direct Payments – it was proposed to revise the existing
direct payment agency rates (standard, enhanced and exception) in
line with Domiciliary rates proposed above.
 
(2) 
That a fee increase of 7.2% for Supporting People be approved, in
line with Domiciliary Care and Supported Living Service
providers.  These providers were block
contracted by the LA to provide a range of services to support
vulnerable people in the Borough and would be subject to full
review during 2025/26.
 
(3) 
That the following be approved:
 

·      
The Extra Care schemes that were commissioned on a block contract
basis would receive an uplift of 6.12% on the contracted rate.

·      
Where 1:1 hours were contracted separately they would remain
aligned to the domiciliary care rate of £22.98.

·      
The Day Care services that were commissioned on a block contract
basis would receive an uplift of 2.2% on the contracted rate.
 
(4) 
That the proposed client charges for 2025/26, as detailed in the
appended paper (Appendix A and Appendix 1) be approved.