To consider a report of the Executive Member for Adult Social Care.

That an inflationary uplift be approved for Residential and Nursing Home beds of 3.96% for 2019/20.

The Executive Member for Social Care submitted a report which set out the process which had been followed by the Council in proposing its “bed rate” paid to be paid to providers of residential and nursing care for the financial year 2019/20. The Executive Member advised that, as with the following agenda item, the current position represented an interim stage in an ongoing process; and, in response to a question, acknowledged an aspiration to do more and an intention to work with providers to promote a more sustainable care provision market in the locality.

RESOLVED - That an inflationary uplift be approved for Residential and Nursing Home beds of 3.96% for 2019/20.