Warwickshire County Council consulted on plans to implement new charges for a number of services to bring these in line with the council’s policy to charge for services at full cost.
Residents were encouraged to have their say on the proposed changes which would introduce charges for services previously offered at no cost, increase charges for some residential respite care, and change the way learning disability and day opportunities are charged.
A number of comments were made that any changes should be implemented and managed carefully with changes made over time to reduce the impact.
Feedback and recommendations were considered by Warwickshire County Council Cabinet on November 13th 2014.
It was resolved that:
A report outlining the feedback and making recommendations was considered by Cabinet on November 13th 2014.
This report and the minutes from the meeting are available below.
Warwickshire County Council is consulting on its plans to implement new charges for a number of services to bring these in line with the council’s policy to charge for services at full cost.
Warwickshire County Council is encouraging residents to have their say on the proposed changes which will; introduce charges for services previously offered at no cost, increase charges for some residential respite care, and change the way learning disability and day opportunities are charged.
The charging structure will only affect those customers with the means to pay for their care. The changes are necessary to offer a consistent, equitable, and fair charging policy for adult social care services and to modernise charging arrangements to better reflect how customers choose to use council services.
See below for a document with more detail about the consultation including charges and costs and a timetable for this consultation.
Feedback from the consultation will be reported to elected Members and a decision will be taken in November 2014. At least 4 weeks’ notice will be given before any changes resulting from the consultation are made. Therefore the earliest proposed implementation date for the first proposed changes would be 01 January 2015.
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