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This Equality Impact Assessment (EIA) aims to evaluate the budget saving aligned to social care reviews. Care provision is commissioned to meet individual assessed eligible need, in line with the Care Act and associated legislative frameworks.
This proposal covers two finance-related changes: 1.Charging self-funders an arrangement fee for brokering their care and support. Section 14 of the Care Act enables us to be able to charge self-funders to source, broker and manage their care. Our Charging Policy in Nottingham does not specifically reference that we will do this and at the present time we do not charge an arrangement fee.
Nottingham City Council is undertaking a review of the pricing models used to commission residential and nursing care for working age adults (18–64) with complex needs, including those with Learning Disabilities (LD) and/or Mental Health (MH) conditions. The review began in August 2025 and is expected to conclude by April 2026.
Under the Care Act 2014 Nottingham City Council (NCC) has a statutory duty to meet assessed eligible needs. Respite provision is a service that can be used to meet this duty. In Nottingham City, a number of citizens currently have an assessed eligible need for regular planned respite.
This proposal is to create a programme of rolling reviews of financial assessments, to improve the accuracy of information related to income and disability-related expenditure. Where the outcome of a Care Act Assessment identifies support needs to be met by a chargeable service, the citizen requires a financial (Fairer Charging) assessment to be completed to confirm if they can contribute towards the cost of the care.
This proposal covers the following finance-related change: 1.Uprating the Deferred Payment Agreement fee for citizens choosing to defer care fees and adding the value of these to their property. Deferred Payment Agreement fees (DPAs) have not been increased for 11 years. During this time there have been additional requirements that have increased the administrative burden for arranging these. These will be reviewed to account for the actual cost of arrangement.
This Equality Impact Assessment (EIA) aims to evaluate the potential effects of ending the Housing Related Support (HRS) services in line with contract end date of 31 March 2026. The assessment will ensure that the decision-making process is, transparent, and considers the needs of all protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.