In line with Government guidance, Rutland County Council has provided additional support for care providers during the pandemic.
Spend to support care providers whom the Council has existing contracts with:
| | Domiciliary Care | Residential Care | Total |
| Support being offered | £ | £ | £ |
| One-off lump sum of 10% of 3 months’ care costs for RCC funded service users | 42,938.65 | 62,086.80 | 105,025.45 |
| Block Bed provision for individuals discharged from hospital | - | 2,335.20 | 2,335.20 |
| TOTAL: | 42,938.65 | 64,422.00 | 107,360.65 |
- Payments in advance made against planned care to allow for fluctuations in care.
- All suppliers switched to immediate payment terms to aid cash flow .
- The ability for home care providers to increase support to individuals where they require by up to 20% without prior agreement of Adult Social Care has remained in place.
- We have also redeployed the day care team to add resilience to the in-house domiciliary care team. The value of this support for three months is £132,500.
Spend to support all care providers in Rutland regardless of whether the Council has contracts with them:
| | Domiciliary Care | Residential Care | Total |
| Support being offered | £ | £ | £ |
| Provision of additional and emergency stocks of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) | 14,953.76 | 14,953.76 | 14,953.76 |
| TOTAL | 14,953.76 | 14,953.76 | 14,953.76 |
- Dedicated email and officers to provide advice and distribute national and local guidance
- Payment against planned care for personal assistants to allow for fluctuations in care
- Dedicated officer to provide support to personal assistants
Adult Social Care Infection Control Fund Ring-fenced Grant 2020
In line with the Government announcement on 14 May of additional grant funding to support care homes, we have been allocated £458,233, 75% of which must be passed directly to care homes in the county.
The grant was paid in 2 instalments in May and July 2020. The second instalment was contingent on the Council providing a completed Care Home Support Plan and on the first instalment being used for infection control as set out in Annex C of the Grant Circular, and was received in full by the Council. Residential care providers used the funding as follows:
| | Number of providers | Proportion of the total Grant spent |
| Measures to isolate residents within their own care homes | 8 | 31.3% |
| Number of providers | 9 | 33.2% |
| Paying staff full wages whilst isolating following a positive test | 5 | 7.4% |
| Other including - Additional Staff;
- Measures to reduce travel and use of public transport;
- Additional cleaning and waste collection;
- Measures to enable safe visits
| 6 | 28.1% |
The remaining 25% of the Grant was distributed to domiciliary care providers and Personal Assistants who provide care to individuals in July:
- Domiciliary Care providers: £99,934
- Personal Assistants: £4547
Rutland County Council’s Care Home Support Plan:
Copy of letter sent to Helen Whately MP
Rutland care home assurance template
