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Care Act 2014 Impact (Draw Down)

Meeting: 02/10/2014 - Adult Care and Health Policy Development and Scrutiny Committee (Item 33)

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The Care Act had received Royal assent in May 2014 and its provisions commenced on 1st April 2015 and 1st April 2016 (for charging reforms.) The Act modernised the statutory framework for adult social care, updating and replacing previous legislation and bringing into primary legislation much of current best practice. Considerable work had been done in the Education, Care and Health Services Department to establish the impact of the Act and to generate an initial financial model. The report summarised this along with the key assumptions underpinning this model.

 

A number of funding models had already been produced by other local authorities, and these had been helpful in developing a Bromley model. The Bromley model involved approximately fifty assumptions, some of which had to be projected several years ahead, leading to a high degree of uncertainty.  The model included a training budget to ensure that all staff were equipped to work within the new legislation.

 

In the 2013 funding settlement the Government had pledged to meet all the new costs for local authorities arising from the Act. In 2014/15, funding of £125k was received to establish a programme to deliver the proposals in the Act, with £1.885m to come from formula grant for 2015/16 and £750k provisionally agreed from Better Care Funding. The Director reported that the bid for the £750k was likely to be approved, but confirmation was awaited.

 

The Portfolio Holder placed on record his thanks to Chris Curran and Lesley Moore for the work they had done to prepare the Council to implement the new legislation.

 

RESOLVED that the report be noted.