Issue - meetings

The Board considered a report of the Executive Director – Adults, informing of the Market Sustainability Plan (MSP) for care homes for older people (65+) and Domiciliary Care for adults (18+).

It was reported that the Government set out its vision for adult social care in its white paper ‘People at the Heart of Care’ in December 2021 which proposed a range of reforms and initiatives to improve care and support for vulnerable people.

In relation to care provided for older people who needed a care home admission and vulnerable adults requiring care in their own home, the Government set out plans for all local authorities with adult social care duties to undertake a ‘fair cost of care exercise’ (FCOC) with providers of these types of care, and to utilise this information to publish a ‘Market Sustainability Plan’ in March 2023.

The requirements of the Market Sustainability Plans were set out in the report with the key plans to address market sustainability issues for Halton.

RESOLVED:  That the report be noted.