REPORT TO KIRKLEES CABINET RECOMMENDS INCREASE IN FEE’S
PAID TO INDEPENDENT SECTOR CARE PROVIDERS
By Jawad Khan (25 August 2015)
A proposal to Kirklees Cabinet on 25 August 2015 recommended
an increase in money given to residential and nursing home providers in the
independent sector in line with the Government’s minimum wage increase. The
report also recommended an additional increase in April 2016 when the National
Living Wage announced in the Chancellor’s 2015 Summer Budget will come in to
effect.
Specifically, this increase
would mean that the maximum weekly charge for non-residential adult social care
support would rise from £458.51 per week to £465.69 per week. This is in line
with the Council’s commitment to independent sector providers that any
potential impact by increases in the national minimum wage would be met by the
fees paid to them.
Council Leader David Sheard commented on this, saying “We
are hopeful that in line with the council policy, providers will move towards
the living wage for all their employees as soon as possible.”
