Issue - meetings

Joan Hutton (Head of Assessment and Care Management) and Robert Mellors (Group Finance Manager, Community Services) introduced the update and in response to questions from the Committee provided the following information:

·         The rate currently being paid currently is the London Living Wage as set in November 2013, with a new rate introduced in April 2015 to reflect the November 2014 rate.

·         Officers have wanted to test the market to see what is possible. There are examples of different approaches to domiciliary care that exist in the country, such as in Kent and Wiltshire.

·         The Healthier Communities Select Committee will carry out further scrutiny of how to shape and develop the market for supplying Adult Social Care services.

·         Embedding a different approach to assessment needs supply from market that supports personalisation.