Decision details

With the approval of the Chairman of the Adults and Health Scrutiny Committee, the urgency procedure and waiver of call-in procedure have been invoked to suspend the requirement to publish notice of the decision for 28 days and to suspend the three day call-in period. These procedures have been invoked because the Government recently announced a significant level of grant funding until March 2022 to support the adult social care sector to continue to delivery continuity of care to service users in the face of growing recruitment and retention challenges. The government have requested that funding is allocated as quickly as possible. This combined with growing pressure on workforce capacity locally means it is imperative that the Council distributes the funding prior to Christmas to mitigate a risk of staff reduction in the lead up to the holiday period.

The Cabinet Member allocated the Workforce Recruitment and Retention Grant issued by central government, totalling £537,375, to CQC Registered Care Home and Community Providers in contract with Peterborough City Council.

This recommendation adheres to government guidance se. It will also support local providers delivering support on behalf of the Council to continue to do so in the face of significant recruitment and retention pressures and secure continuity of care for service users.

There were no alternative options considered.

Do Nothing: This would not comply with request given by the Department of Health and Social Care to distribute grant funding to support with recruitment and retention challenges. Lack of funding would also impact on the ability of the Council to mitigate current workforce pressures being managed by providers delivering support to people across Peterborough.

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