Decision details

To approve the Home Care Commissioning Strategy.

This report will consider the Unison Ethical Care Charter and other relevant consideration as per the Resolution made by the Committee on 2 July 2014.

Dawn Wakeling, the Adults and Communities Director introduced the report which set out the strategy for homecare provision, and described how the strategy would address the mechanisms for the procurement of the service. 

The Committee considered the report:

Following a request from Members, the Chairman moved to vote on each recommendation separately.

The Chairman moved to the vote on Recommendation One, which was:

1.    The Committee are asked to agree the strategy for re-commissioning Home and Community Support, which centres on ensuring a resilient market and   to carry out a managed and safe transition to a commissioning and payment system based on service user outcomes, using a two stage procurement approach.

Votes were recorded as follows:

The motion was carried.

The Chairman MOVED to the vote on Recommendation Two, which was:

2.    The committee are asked to agree that payment for travel time is included in the home and community support specification.   

Votes were recorded as follows:

RESOLVED that:-

1.    The Committee agree the strategy for re-commissioning Home and Community Support, which centres on ensuring a resilient market and to carry out a managed and safe transition to a commissioning and payment system based on service user outcomes, using a two stage procurement approach.

2.    The committee agree that payment for travel time is included in the home and community support specification.