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ASC FAIRER CONTRACTING.
Meeting: 11/09/2008 - Adult Social Care & Health Cabinet Member Meeting (Item 27)
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Report of the Director of Adult Social Care & Housing, Brighton & Hove City Council and the Director of Strategy, Brighton & Hove City Primary Care Trust (copy attached).
Decision:
(1) That there be in principle agreement to the proposals listed below:
a) The new Joint Council and PCT pre placement contract for both residential care homes and care homes with nursing from 1 April 2009
b) The Preferred Provider Scheme which is included in the contract
c) Individually negotiated fees
d) The Incentive Scheme
Minutes:
27.1 The Cabinet Member considered a joint report of the Director of Adult Social Care & Housing, Brighton & Hove City Council and the Director of Quality & Engagement, Brighton & Hove PCT concerning work to produce a joint PCT/Council contract for residential care homes and care homes with nursing, in order to drive up quality of care, and to cease placing service users in poor homes. Clinical standards, additional to CSCI standards would be used to rate nursing homes (for copy see minutes book).
27.2 The Cabinet Member was informed that fee levels would be made in a separate report alongside the Adult Social Care & Housing budget strategy for 2009/10.
27.3 RESOLVED - (1) That there be in principle agreement to the proposals listed below:
a) The new Joint Council and PCT pre placement contract for both residential care homes and care homes with nursing from 1 April 2009
b) The Preferred Provider Scheme which is included in the contract
c) Individually negotiated fees
d) The Incentive Scheme