Social Work And Health Committee - 18/05/2015

At a MEETING of the SOCIAL WORK AND HEALTH COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 18th May, 2015.

Present:-

BAILIES

COUNCILLORS

Councillor Ken LYNN, Convener, in the Chair.

The minute of meeting of this Committee of 23rd March, 2015 was held as read.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

I DECLARATION OF INTEREST

No declarations of interest were made.

II CASES SUB-COMMITTEE - MINUTE OF MEETING

The minute of meeting of the Cases Sub-Committee held on 28th April, 2015 was submitted and noted, a copy of which is attached to this minute as an Appendix.

III NATIONAL CARE HOME CONTRACT FEE SETTLEMENT 2015/2016

There was submitted Report No 183-2015 by the Director of Social Work informing of the outcome of negotiations between COSLA and care home providers in respect of the 2015/2016 National Care Home Contract fee level and terms of agreement.

The Committee agreed:-

(i) to note that the 2015/2016 fee negotiations had resulted in a commitment by the Scottish Government, COSLA and care home providers to financially contribute to a package which started to address issues of low pay within the care home sector;

(ii) to note that the agreement reached would result in an increase to the care home headline fee rate of 3.8% for 2015/2016; and

(iii) to approve the rates for payment to independent sector care home providers for 2015/2016 in line with the terms of the National Care Home Contract as detailed in Appendix 1 of the report.

Ken LYNN, Convener.

At a MEETING of the CASES SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE SOCIAL WORK AND HEALTH COMMITTEE held at Dundee on 28th April, 2015.

APPENDIX

Present:-

Bailie Helen WRIGHT

Councillor Ken LYNN

Councillor Alan G ROSS

Councillor Ken LYNN, Convener, in the Chair.

Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.

The Sub-Committee resolved under Section 50(A)(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 that the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the undernoted item of business on the grounds that it involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part I of Schedule 7A of the Act.

I DECLARATION OF INTEREST

No declarations of interest were made.

II PROVISION OF A CARE PACKAGE WHICH EXCEEDS THE APPROVED NATIONAL CARE HOME RATE

There was submitted Report No 159-2015 by the Director of Social Work requesting authorisation for an increase in Direct Payment hours for Social Care Support due to the deterioration in the health of a service user, which was directly attributed to the progressive nature of her long-term health condition.

The Sub-Committee agreed to approve the additional funding for the provision of the identified additional hours of support as detailed in paragraph 3.1 of the report.

Ken LYNN, Convener.