From: Malinowski, Renata - E&E
<Renata.Malinowski@Oxfordshire.gov.uk> on behalf of Joint Commissioning
FOI <JointCommissioningFOI@Oxfordshire.gov.uk>
Sent: 04 May 2021 15:03
To: Louis Holmes
Cc: Joint Commissioning FOI; FOI Team
Subject: 18098 FOI Response
Attachments: Letter to Providers Annual Review of prices April 2021
(002).pdf
Importance: High
Our reference: 18098 FOI
Dear Louis Holmes,
Thank
you for your request of 01 April 2021 in which you asked for information
regarding Care Home Fee Rates. Please find our response to your questions
below in bold:
2020/21
The information for
2020/21 can be found on the following web page, under prices and rates:
Please note we do not
record Dementia so banding rates are supplied for Residential, Nursing
Extensive and Nursing Specialist.
2021/22
If
yes:
Yes, the decision was
finalised April 2021.
The final letter to providers
has been attached and is available on the following link;
The uplift to new fee rates
was implemented on 01/04/2021
Please see Q2a response above.
Consultation
was carried out by Valuing Care Ltd. Details are available on the public
website on the following link;
If no: Not Applicable
Older
People’s Care Homes – banding rates and all packages uplifted by 2%
Care
Home placements for Learning and Physical Disability Needs – uplifted rates for
placements by 2%. Any placements costing over £3,000 per week will
be reviewed individually to assess if uplift to be applied.
Home
Support – the Live Well at Home contract is out to tender and will be
implemented later in 2021. To extend existing contracts into 2021/22
prior to the new contracts being awarded we have offered Providers holding
current contracts 2.2% uplift.
Supported
Living – All ‘Core’ and ‘Additional 121’ rates will be reviewed to ensure they
are set to the 2020/21 agreed rate (£18.37). Hourly rates for services
where contract began prior to 1 April 2020 will increase by 2% to £18.74 per
hour. Any new rates agreed as a result of tender processes in 2020/21
will be maintained at that level in 2021/22.
Direct
Payments – Rates for Direct Payments are reviewed on request of the person in
receipt of the Direct Payment. We will be engaging directly with relevant
providers to look at their needs. We are working on a framework approach
for this area.
External
Daytime Support – We are carrying out detailed discussions with providers on
their forecasted costs for the coming year. We aim to increase the rates by 2%.
Details
are also available on the attached letter.
Please
see Q.3k response above.
The
consultation was carried out by Valuing Care Ltd. Oxfordshire County Council
does not hold the information on individual organisations that were included in
the consultation.
Oxfordshire County
Council
Internal review
If you are dissatisfied with the service or
response to your request, you can ask for an internal review as follows:
Freedom of Information Team
Oxfordshire County Council
FREEPOST RTLL-ECKS-GLUA
Oxford OX1 1YA
If you remain dissatisfied with the handling of
your request or complaint, you have a right to appeal to the Information
Commissioner at:
The Information Commissioner's Office,
Wycliffe House,
Water Lane,
Wilmslow,
Cheshire,
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 0303 123 1113
Website: www.ico.gov.uk
Please let me know if you have further
enquiries. I would be grateful if you could use the reference number given at
the top of this email.
Yours
sincerely,
Moriah Priestly
Interim Quality and Contracts Manager
Oxfordshire County Council
Email: Moriah.priestly@oxfordshire.gov.uk
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