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

That approval be given to the inflationary uplift of 4.27% to the hourly rate for homecare: an increase from £14.63 per hour to £15.25 per hour.

The Executive Member for Social Care submitted a report which set out, following a consultation exercise, proposals regarding the annual uplift to the hourly rate paid to providers to deliver homecare in Trafford in 2019/20. The Executive Member advised that, as with the previous 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 approval be given to the inflationary uplift of 4.27% to the hourly rate for homecare: an increase from £14.63 per hour to £15.25 per hour.